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Продовольственная и сельскохозяйственная организация Объединенных Наций (ФАО) сегодня приветствовала выделение Германией 40 млн евро, чтобы помочь фермерам и рыбакам противостоять таким угрозам, как COVID-19 и экстремальные климатические явления.

04/02/2021 Rome / Praia / Beijing - The FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme has contributed $1.5 million to launch a project in the Republic of Cabo Verde, focused on capacity development for production systems to enhance food and nutrition security in the country.

On the 29th of January 2021, in the context of the initiative Making every voice count for adaptive management, FAO’s Dryland Forestry team and South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division launched the webinar series entitled Navigating the Participatory Approach. The webinars falling under this theme will take place on a bi-monthly basis in order to provide a common place for all countries and stakeholders involved to exchange their views, lessons learned, and experiences related to the learning-by-doing monitoring approach that this initiative offers. In compliance with the purpose of the initiative, the present webinar series is meant...

28 January 2021, Côte d'Ivoire - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republic of Korea is aiming to raise awareness about how South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) can strengthen rice value chains, thus supporting farmers’ livelihoods. Key actors of the rice value chain, such as established representatives from government institutions, academia, development partners, as well as representatives from the private sector, joined forces at a one day inception workshop in Côte d'Ivoire, to discuss the new SSTC project: “Capacity Development and Experience sharing for Rice Value Chains through South-South and Triangular Cooperation” funded by the Republic of Korea.  “We expect that...

AO Director for Emergencies and Resilience, Dominique Burgeon and FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta met with Belgian Director for Humanitarian Aid Transition, Erik de Maeyer and his team. Together, they reviewed the strong cooperation between the Kingdom of Belgium and FAO including Belgium’s support to anticipatory action, through the FAO Special Fund for Emergency Activities (SFERA) and the joint response to COVID-19 impacts and to the desert locust outbreak.

South–South Cooperation (SSC) is the mutual sharing and exchange of development solutions between developing countries, including knowledge, experiences and good practices, policies, technology and resources. The project in Uganda (Phases I and II) under the FAO-China SSC Programme is among the Programme’s longest and most successful collaborations. The publication Voices from the field: Personal stories from the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Project in the Republic of Uganda, contains the personal stories of some of the project participants, beneficiaries, and stakeholders. Their stories highlight the personal and community-level effects that the project has created. Their stories will also...

FAO hosted the virtual Resource Partner Strategic Dialogue of the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) on 27 November 2020. All eight contributing FMM Resource Partners were represented at the meeting, including: Belgium, Flanders, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

Globally there are estimated 1.21 billion people aged between 15 and 24, a number that will increase to 1.29 billion by 2030. In Africa only, more than 10 million young people are expected to enter the labour market every year for the next decade. This growing youth population, especially in developing countries, represents a great opportunity for harnessing a demographic dividend, but also economic and social challenges, which could lead to political instability or conflict. With the COVID-19 crisis exacerbating existing vulnerabilities of rural young women and men and inequalities, it is crucial to design inclusive...

Продовольственная и сельскохозяйственная организация Объединенных Наций (ФАО) приветствовала недавнее решение Совета Глобального экологического фонда (ГЭФ) утвердить выделение 78,5 млн долл. США на финансирование 13 проектов, реализуемых под руководством ФАО в 16 странах. Участники 59-го заседания Совета ГЭФ приняли это решение на основании решения от июля 2020 года, которым было утверждено выделение средств на финансирование проектов, реализуемых под руководством ФАО, в общем размере 176 млн долл. США.

A city-to city cooperation project for the exchange of knowledge and experiences on food waste reduction at urban level. Food management all along the value chain, from cultivation to food waste disposal, is central to safeguarding food security and responding to environmental concerns.  In 2019, FAO launched its Framework for the Urban Food Agenda which called for a multisector and multi-stakeholder approach for leveraging sub-national and local government action to ensure sustainable food systems and improved nutrition. In line with this framework, the project “Exchange of knowledge and experiences between Milan Municipality (Italy), Nairobi City County (Kenya) and Kigali (Rwanda) for the design...