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n December 10 2019, Norway through the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) officially signed an agreement to become a contributing member of FAO’s Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM). The agreement, which was signed by FAO Assistant Director-General Roberto Ridolfi and Norad Director Mette Møglestue, commits to support of NOK 90 million (approximately USD 10 million) for FMM programs and sub-programmes over the next three years. It emphasizes Norway’s support for strengthening FMM’s programmatic focus on resilient and sustainable food systems, and climate change and agriculture.

San Pedro del Paraná, Paraguay, 13 de diciembre de 2019 – Cerca de 300 agricultores y agricultoras familiares representantes de organizaciones campesinas y asentamientos de Paraguay participaron de un Día de Campo, en el Departamento de Itapuá, para conocer de más acerca los beneficios de los sistemas de producción conservacionistas, manejo de suelo degradado, cultivos alimentarios como maíz, yuca y sésamo asociados al cultivo de algodón. La actividad también contó con la asistencia de 50 técnicos y técnicas de la extensión rural paraguaya.

Brussels - Members of the European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition gathered for the first time since the European Parliament elections at the end of May. The constituent meeting of the Alliance, which took place on 10 December, served as the official kick-off for the work of the Alliance, by setting its strategic direction for the new legislature. During the meeting, Parliamentarians were briefed by FAO Assistant Director-General Máximo Torero, FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta, and EU Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) Head of Unit, Leonard Mizzi, on the importance of agricultural and rural development, as...

More than 113 million people across Africa experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance in 2018, according to the Global Report on Food Crises. A South-South Cooperation knowledge exchange workshop was organized by FAO and the Government of Kenya, convening 14 countries from Eastern and Southern Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to discuss best practices and challenges in promoting coherence between social protection, agriculture and resilience.

Santiago de Chile, 6 de diciembre de 2019 - Durante el primer día dedicado a la agricultura, la ganadería y la actividad forestal en la COP 25, la Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) participaron ayer del lanzamiento de la Plataforma de Acción Climática en Agricultura (PLACA).