Los miembros del Parlamento Latinoamericano y Caribeño (Parlatino) aprobaron de forma unánime una Ley modelo de agricultura familiar, la cual incluye recomendaciones y directrices para que los países fortalezcan este sector clave para la seguridad alimentaria, señaló hoy la FAO. La ley fue votada el 3 de diciembre durante la XXXII Asamblea General del PARLATINO realizada en la Ciudad de Panamá. Según la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, FAO, la nueva ley modelo establece principios rectores, definiciones y obligaciones...

Más de cien legisladores de América Latina y el Caribe, África y España señalaron hoy que es imperativo actuar contra los efectos del cambio climático mediante leyes, en la inauguración del VII Foro del Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre. Según la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, FAO, los Frentes Parlamentarios contra el Hambre son clave para hacer cumplir los compromisos del Acuerdos de París y la Conferencia...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed today in Egypt a key Memorandum of Understanding with the Pan-African Parliament, announcing the establishment of the Pan African Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (PAPA-FSN). This agreement is part of a broad strategy to step a partnership and mobilize key actors in the society with the aim to ending hunger and malnutrition by 2030. Conveying the message of FAO Director-General to the pan-African parliamentarians from the 54 countries of the African Union, FAO...

Building strong alliances among legislators across the world is vital to making headway on hunger eradication, FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva said on Monday, as he underscored the agency's continued support to fostering global exchanges between lawmakers. In her keynote address at today's event, Amal Abdulla Al Qubaisi, President and Speaker of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates said: "As parliamentarians we shoulder a particular responsibility - a responsibility to join hands with governments and nations to...

The Parliamentary Front against Hunger of Ecuador (PFHE) met on Tuesday, 4th October in order to discuss various topics of their agenda. With the participation of around 40 legislative officials, a space for dialogue was created to share the status of the Draft School Feeding Law. On this occasion, the National Coordinator of the Front, Assemblyman Armando Aguilar presented the draft version of the Project and the contributions from the other participants were incorporated. Another issue discussed during this meeting was related to climate change. FAO Representation in Ecuador made a presentation on the influence of climate change on food...