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FAO and Spain’s Telefonica, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, have agreed to work together to leverage the use of cutting-edge digital technologies for agricultural development, food security and nutrition, and specifically, prepare and strengthen farmers in the face of extreme weather events related to climate change.   An agreement signed on 12 February 2018 by FAO Director General, José Graziano da Silva, and Telefonica’s Global Director of Public Affairs Strategy,...

Ouagadougou - During his visit to Burkina Faso from 18-20 February, FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva had a look at the new specialised plough for mechanised land preparation, purchased by FAO under its project Action Against Desertification. "The rehabilitation of degraded land is a priority for Burkina,” said the Director General, who expressed his appreciation of the purchase. “We need to see how FAO can start similar programmes at bigger scale to accompany the efforts of the government of Burkina Faso.”   The new equipment, composed of a tractor and a Delfino plough, will allow to further upscale land restoration in...

Representatives of three major organizations gathered in Kyiv recently to tackle issues of food safety and sanitary service in Ukraine.

Daniel Gustafson, the Deputy Director-General (Programme) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Yasuyuki Nambu, the CEO of Pasona Group Inc. a leading recruitment company in Japan that develops its business with the aim of realizing a society where anyone, regardless of age, gender, nationality, or disability, is free to choose the work they want to do and can work in a way that is tailored to their lifestyle, signed a Letter of Intent to promote capacity development, advocacy and awareness raising on sustainable food and agriculture development, particularly through a Pasona-sponsored global...