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South-south Cooperation
05 Feb 2024
Rome, 25 January 2024. December 2023 marked the end of a seven-year intervention led by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat to assist Cambodia and Sri Lanka in ensuring that the agricultural produce of its farmers meets the required phytosanitary standards for export and international trade, and that farmers gain market access for their agricultural produce.
Fao-Academia
12 Jan 2024
Building upon a successful partnership since 2016, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Sapienza University of Rome are set to reinforce their collaboration through the formalization of a new Memorandum of Understanding. The signing ceremony, held on December 21, 2023, marks a significant step in advancing interdisciplinary interactions and fostering global impacts though joint efforts in critical fields. The collaboration between FAO and Sapienza University has a rich history, marked by notable achievements and milestones. These include the enhancement...
South-south Cooperation
10 Jan 2024
L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et l’Agence égyptienne de partenariat pour le développement (EAPD) ont signé aujourd’hui un mémorandum d’entente pour renforcer les efforts de promotion de la coopération Sud-Sud et de la coopération triangulaire (SSTC) pour dynamiser la transformation des systèmes agroalimentaires, améliorer la sécurité alimentaire et soutenir les efforts mondiaux en faveur de l’Agenda 2030 de développement durable.
South-south Cooperation
04 Jan 2024
The year ended successfully for the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme, with the signature of three new project documents, by FAO, China and the three host governments of Malawi, Namibia, and Kenya. The signing of these projects symbolizes a renewed commitment, engagement, and further opportunities for these new South-South and Triangular Cooperation partnerships. The first project: “Technical Assistance under the SSC with the People’s Republic of China in support of the Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp) in Malawi – phase II” was signed, for a total budget of USD 1.4 million, to support the crop production, agricultural mechanization, integrated...
Civil Society
20 Dec 2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Mabunduka Agro Farmers Association have signed a Letter of Intent on 7 December expressing their interest in working together on green job opportunities in agriculture in Sierra Leone. While agriculture remains the largest employer in the world, it is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, the largest user, and a significant polluter of water, and can cause both land degradation and loss of biodiversity. However, the agriculture sector can be part of the solution. Creating green jobs...
South-south Cooperation
15 Dec 2023
The Honorable Minister, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, had a fruitful meeting on 11 December 2023 with the scoping mission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headed by Mr. Nafis Khan, Senior Programme Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division (PST), FAO. The primary objective of the scoping mission was to identify areas for the potential provision of technical assistance and implementation support to the Program on Agricultural and Rural Transformation for Nutrition, Entrepreneurship, and Resilience (PARTNER), in Bangladesh. PARTNER is a joint loan project with a financial...
Fao-Academia
14 Dec 2023
December 14, 2023, marks an important moment for both the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) in Brazil as they signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance the development and implementation of sustainable development policies. “We are delighted to be establishing this partnership with one of the leading public think tanks from the Global South, at a time when Brazil has once again become a major voice in the global fight against hunger and poverty. I am confident that our cooperation with IPEA will...
South-south Cooperation
07 Dec 2023
Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, on Wednesday called on Members and all other stakeholders to provide financial, technical and human resources to support the implementation of FAO’s One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative, which can make a real impact to transform agrifood systems.
South-south Cooperation
01 Dec 2023
Hybrid Event, 06/12/2023 - 12.30-14.00 (CET) |Sheikh Zayed Centre
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing a launch event to mark the initiation of the global project supporting the implementation of the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative under the framework of FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme. Join us on 6 December from 12.30 to 14.00 hours (CET) for this high-level hybrid virtual/physical meeting at FAO headquarters in Rome, held as a side event of the 174th Session of the FAO Council.
South-south Cooperation
01 Dec 2023
The "Making Every Voice Count for Adaptive Management" (MEV-CAM) Initiative was created in 2020 and alters the way South-South knowledge management is approached by using local and indigenous knowledge to restore degraded drylands with more sustainable practices. By empowering communities and stakeholders to demonstrate their skills, express their challenges, and share successes, the most significant impacts of development projects can be visualized from the process of change itself.