Different partners and stakeholders involved in youth employment programmes/projects in the Republic of Congo met in Brazzaville, on 10 July 2019. The workshop served as a venue to validate a concept note on an investment programme proposal and to discuss partnership opportunities for implementation of proposed interventions.  Around fifty people representing the...

FAO Director General stresses importance of investing in the poor as the way to achieve sustainable development

Qu Dongyu of China was elected Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) succeeding José Graziano da Silva.

La FAO presentó hoy un nuevo marco corporativo sobre la pobreza extrema rural con el fin de redoblar los esfuerzos del organismo de la ONU y sus socios para erradicar la pobreza extrema para toda la población en 2030, según indica la meta 1.1 del Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible 1: poner...

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 1.1, eradicating extreme poverty, requires dedicated actions to create a pro-poor environment while building household resilience, particularly for those rural communities most vulnerable.