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A renowned regional intergovernmental organization, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) is a driver for policy and strategy development in the Mediterranean region. Both FAO and CIHEAM aim to boost worldwide efforts to enhance food and nutrition security.   Around...

FAO is engaging with Member states of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) as they look to design a regional model law on Agroecology. FAO already has a basis for this work, as a legal study it conducted with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) within the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative in 2021, offers guidelines for the design of such a model law. In 2022, PARLATINO formally requested FAO’s technical support to draft the model law. Since then, FAO has organized three public consultations with the Caribbean, Mesoamerica and South America to collect inputs from...

On 16 October, during World Food Day, a solemn ceremony was held to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FAO and the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (RSAU-MTAA). “Food, our daily bread, is the foundation of everything. Food is one of the main public goods. Today, it is necessary to produce more food so that there is enough of...

The FAO Science and Innovation Forum (SIF) 2023 under the theme of “Science and Innovation for Climate Action” will focus on promoting discussions on specific and concrete actions to harness science and innovation on climate action for agrifood systems transformation. Session: Enabling Research, Science, and Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICS) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) WHEN: 19 October 2023|11:00 - 12:30 (CEST) Rome time (Hybrid event) This session shares experiences and insights on facilitating access to science, research, and innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries and Small Island Developing States to strengthen capabilities in climate change adaptation, mitigation,...

Brasilia, October 10, 2023 -Over the course of three days, representatives from the governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru, as well as from the cotton sector, the textile industry, and artisans, participated in the celebrations of the World Cotton Day 2023. The Cotton Week in Latin America took place from October 4th to 6th in Brasília, capital of Brazil.