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For many people around the world, cotton is a safety net. As a crop resistant to climatic changes, it can be planted in dry and arid zones and represents a real economic lifeline in rural areas where there are high levels of poverty. South-South and Triangular Cooperation is all about: sharing lessons across countries with similar challenges, learning what works for development and empowering each other in the process.

罗马 -秋粘虫是一种贪婪的入侵性害虫，正在对非洲、亚洲和近东地区的农作物造成破坏，我们拥有能够对抗秋粘虫的工具，但必须加强协调，以遏制虫害的传播。 "我们需要加强来自全球所有相关部门的关键合作伙伴之间的合作"，粮农组织总干事屈冬玉在今日召开的全球秋粘虫控制行动指导委员会第一次会议的开幕致辞中表示。 秋粘虫（拉丁名：Spodoptera frugiperda）是一种美洲蛾，最近几年已传播至非洲、近东和亚洲，如今澳大利亚也出现了它们的身影。秋粘虫的幼虫以80多种作物为食，尤其喜欢玉米。如今，非洲每年因秋粘虫损失多达1800万吨玉米，这足以养活几千万人，造成的经济损失高达46亿美元。 在过去三年中，粮农组织牵头开展了63个与秋粘虫有关的项目，这些项目大多在非洲实施，期间形成了许多良好做法，积累了许多宝贵知识。当前的全球控制行动旨在通过强有力的创新协调机制来支持和扩大这些努力。 "如果秋粘虫继续扩散，那么玉米在世界粮食系统中的作用将受到严重影响，总干事指出。"我们需要迅速采取行动。"

25 February 2020, Brussels, Belgium - Sharing and disseminating information amongst African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and subsequently between them and other developing countries of the Global South, is of central importance.  In order to share experiences of the progress made by the ACP Group and its partners in addressing the challenges in implementing the Agenda 2030 SDGs, a wide range of stakeholders, have gathered today in Brussels, including representatives of ACP Member States, Secretariat Experts, CPLP/PALOP, EU Parliament, European Commission and Council, Belgian Government, financial institutions, emerging economies’ countries, UN Agencies, private sector, civil society and academia. The one-day Symposium...

On February 15, FAO and the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Climate Change (Pakistan) Malik Amin Aslam signed a USD 47 million project to help the most vulnerable farmers in the Indus River Basin increase their resilience to climate change. The agreement follows the approval of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) of a grant of nearly USD 35 million. The project stands to directly benefit 1.3 million rural people, including women farmers. Pakistan’s agriculture sector is affected by its arid to semi-arid climate, as well as its dependency on a...

On 12 February 2020, President of the 74rth Session of the General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York an interactive dialogue focused on exploring ways to combat increasing hunger around the world, specifically by making the most of the opportunities brought about by the South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the agriculture sector.