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Efforts to help vulnerable rural communities in Somalia achieve food security and build up resilience towards climate change have received a boost thanks to a new partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), the state’s public development institution.

El material incluye y reconoce los testimonios de 12 mujeres que, desde el ámbito legislativo, destacan por su contribución a la lucha contra el hambre y la pobreza en los países de la región mesoamericana.

18/11/2021 - Le Tchad s’inspire de l’expérience nigérienne en matière de financement des exploitations agricoles et des petites et moyennes entreprises agro-alimentaires. C’est dans ce sens que le Ministère du Développement Agricole du Tchad, avec l’appui conjoint du Programme FIRST et la Division de la Coopération Sud-Sud de la FAO et en étroite collaboration avec les bureaux pays de la FAO Tchad et de la FAO Niger, a organisé un voyage d’étude sur l’expérience de financement des exploitations agricoles et des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (PME) du secteur agricole et alimentaire par la Banque Agricole du Niger (BAGRI).

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) announced an ambitious new five-year Strategic Joint Cooperation Agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Tuesday. The agreement commits the partners to scale up joint action to meet humanitarian needs, address drivers of acute food security, and help at-risk agricultural communities build resilience to shocks that undermine their productive potential.

  In order to promote some of the work FAO has been undertaking in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs, the Civil Society Partnership team of the FAO Division for Partnerships and UN Collaboration (PSU) is putting together a small series of short publications, highlighting some of the successful collaborations of recent years.

An ambitious new initiative announced today aims to reduce commodity-driven deforestation and restore forest landscapes, led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

04/11/2021 Colombo – A project to provide technical assistance to improve the production and commercialization of fruit value-chains in Sri Lanka has been launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture with financial assistance from the People’s Republic of China. The project, valued at over USD 1.1 million is implemented under the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Tripartite Agreement between FAO, the People’s Republic of China and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

FAO is set to host the Third Annual Academia Perspectives Roundtable entitled “Delivering Targeted and Impactful Results: Transformative Partnerships with Academia and Research Institution” on Monday, 15 November 2021 from 13:00 to 14:45 hours CEST. The Roundtable will inform participants on the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031, highlight the need for stronger and strategic engagement with the academia and research community at country-level, and bring a...

Libreville - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) are launching a capacity-building program on responsible investment in agriculture and food systems for members of the Parliament of the Gabonese Republic. This initiative, conducted under the aegis of the Gabonese Parliamentary Alliance for Food and Nutritional Security (APGSAN), aims to support members of the Alliance in their ambition to improve public policies for fighting hunger and malnutrition in the country. The capacity building of the parliamentary alliance is part of...

29-10-2021 Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Grow Asia, a multi-stakeholder partnership platform that brings together farmers, the private sector, governments, NGOs and key stakeholders to foster inclusive, resilient, and sustainable food systems in Southeast Asia, have joined forces to improve the productivity, profitability and environmental sustainability of smallholder agriculture.