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10/05/2024 Netherlands – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), The Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Saskatchewan University, the Ministry of Agriculture of Bangladesh and European Union, gathered this week in the WUR Campus, to discuss the future of agriculture in Bangladesh. A wide range of topics were discussed, such as agrifood systems transformation, sustainable development, boosting national productivity, improving supply chains, mechanization, training and capacity development. Agrifood systems transformation and rural development are vital topics aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Agenda 2030. As such, FAO’s South-South and Triangular Cooperation...

Antigua, Guatemala – To jointly address critical challenges related to food and nutritional security and place this topic at the top of national and international priorities, the "Ibero-American Political-Academic Dialogue #FoodFirst" was held from April 24 to 26 in Guatemala.   The event was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Spanish Cooperation (through AECID and FIIAPP), and the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID).   It also received the support of the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, and the participation of delegations from the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Latin America and...

25/04/2024 Vientiane The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) is preparing for the implementation of ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food Agriculture and Forestry Sector (RAI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners announced today. A two-day workshop was held from 24-25 April 2024, in Vientiane, marking a significant step...

On 9-11 April 2024, FAO joined the spring meeting of the Commission for Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs (CAESE) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF) hosted by the National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in Luang Prabang. During the three-day event, FAO’s participation included facilitating field visits and providing capacity building on agroecology to more than 20 parliamentarians from nine countries, along with parliamentary officers and advisers, giving them the opportunity to visit two farms managed by young farmers. During the visits to the farms – which use agroecology principles and embrace agrifood practices embedding sustainability...

Parliamentary perspectives were in the spotlight at a side event of the 2024 Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in April, where Honourable Francoise Uwumukiza, representative of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), and Hon. Marie Jeanne Kouloumbou, President of the Environment, Food Safety and Sustainable Development Commission of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Congo shared insights.  Focusing on ending hunger and eradicating poverty through human rights-based food systems transformations placing human well-being at the centre, the multi-stakeholder dialogue was co-organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Food and Agricultural Organization of the...