Nouvelles

In order to promote some of the work FAO has been undertaking in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs), the CSO Partnerships team of the FAO Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division has been putting together a small series of short publications, highlighting some of the successful collaborations of recent years. The third brief of the...

En el marco de la XIV Sesión Plenaria de la Asamblea Parlamentaria Euro-Latinoamericana (EUROLAT) convocada, este 2022, en Buenos Aires, bajo el lema "Una recuperación económica justa, inclusiva y en paz", se conformó hoy el Grupo de Trabajo Parlamentario Eurolatinoamericano por la Seguridad Alimentaria.  El...

Les cadres juridiques sont fondamentaux afin d’ancrer les efforts politiques pour l’agriculture familiale au sein de systèmes agroalimentaires inclusifs et durables. La Décennie des Nations Unies pour l’agriculture familiale 2019‑2028 (DNUAF) souligne l’importance de l’agriculture familiale pour la réalisation de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle par l’entremise de systèmes agroalimentaires durables et inclusifs. L’agriculture familiale apporte des bénéfices aux populations et territoires ruraux, favorisant un accès économique et physique à une alimentation adéquate pour tous et protégeant la biodiversité et l’environnement. De plus, il est primordial de consolider de façon cohérente les cadres juridiques et institutionnels pour l’ensemble des domaines...

Wageningen, Netherlands/Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today formally launched a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in the Netherlands, aimed at developing and sharing knowledge and harnessing science, technologies and innovation for transforming agrifood systems. Collaborating since the 1970s, the two institutions have strengthened the partnership through development of a new MoU, concluded in December 2021.

Two virtual capacity-building training courses on hybrid rice and hybrid foxtail millet were successfully organized by the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division (PST) from 7-28 March 2022, in collaboration with two Chinese specialized institutions. The trainings brought together about 40 participants from six African countries namely the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Uganda, Namibia and Nigeria.  The first capacity-building training course on hybrid rice was organized in collaboration with the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center (HHRRC) of China from 7 to 16 March 2022. The training aimed at enhancing the capacity of government officials, researchers and rice experts from the six African...