Videos

AIDmonitor: A new FAO online data tool to analyse funding for international development

Resource Partners
21-02-2018

A new FAO online data tool launched 23 November 2017 will improve understanding of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding flows in food and agriculture-related sectors – including thematic areas as diverse as the environment, education and women’s equality.

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Kenya Learns Indonesia’s Food Security and Nutrition System

South-south Cooperation
16-11-2017

A High-level delegation from Kenya visits Indonesia to learn about its decentralized governance structure in implementing food security and nutrition system facilitated by FAO South-South Cooperation.

Mehaou – A Nigerien Grandmother, Farmer and Leader

South-south Cooperation
06-11-2017

This video tells the story of Mehaou, an inspiring Nigerien farmer and grandmother who has overcome many challenges to provide for her family - including rearing, breeding and selling goats. 

FAO and the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) fund are supporting hundreds of farmers like Mehaou in Niger to diversify and [...]

FAO South-South Cooperation Exchange | Brazil and Lao PDR: improving contract farming

South-south Cooperation
14-09-2017

South-South Cooperation is an excellent mechanism for developing countries to share knowledge and resources in solidarity, and to adapt experiences that have already worked well in one place for the benefit of others.

So they did Brazil and Lao PDR with regards to Contract Farming development, which can an attractive option [...]

Tembani – A Zimbabwean Forestry Officer tackling invasive pests

South-south Cooperation
08-09-2017

This video tells the story of Tembani, an inspiring young Zimbabwean forestry officer who is battling against alien invasive pests that are threatening Eucalyptus trees and woodlots around the country. His work is being supported by FAO and the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) through training in integrated pest management, [...]

Best Practices through South-South Cooperation for Fall Armyworm Management in Africa

South-south Cooperation
29-08-2017

Experts say that, in combating Fall Armyworm (FAW) infestations in sub-Saharan Africa, farmers should reduce as much as possible the use of chemical pesticides against which the harmful insects can build resistance, and also because the technique is neither economically nor environmentally sustainable and could present health risks.

Allowing the Fall [...]

Promotion of Efficient Rice Farming Practices and Value Chains in Sub-Saharan Africa.

South-south Cooperation
29-08-2017

A South-South Cooperation video that explains the value chain of rice production in Sub-Saharan Africa. A coverage of a meeting held to share knowledge exchange for the promotion of efficient rice Farming practices and value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa.

FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme on Agriculture Spot

Resource Partners
27-07-2017

The FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme (FTPP) for Agriculture focuses on achieving food security and combatting rural poverty in countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia.
The Programme promotes and counts on intra-regional cooperation, whereby Turkish expertise and national expertise available in the subregion are mobilized as a form of partnership [...]

Point of adoption

Civil Society
24-07-2017

The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security is the first global exhaustive tool on the tenure of land and natural resources developed through an open inter-governmental process with the full and effective participation of a vast [...]

What's on the Horizon?

Civil Society
24-07-2017

The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security is the first global exhaustive tool on the tenure of land and natural resources developed through an open inter-governmental process with the full and effective participation of a vast [...]