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FAO is pleased to launch the private sector CONNECT portal, following the endorsement of FAO’s Strategy for Private Sector engagement (2021-25). The portal is designed as a ‘one-stop shop’ scoping FAO and private sector engagements: For the private sector - to engage, browse and discover key opportunities for partnership and how to work with FAO, both formally and informally; For FAO Members - to view how FAO is working with the private sector and search for signed formal agreements through a password protected login for full transparency; For all FAO staff - to review private sector entities that may support areas key...

At a time of unprecedented humanitarian needs, the Government of Belgium has increased its contribution to FAO’s Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) to grant FAO the necessary flexibility to determine how funds are allocated in the context of an emergency.

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) signed today, on Earth Day, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University Mohammed First (UMP) and the Institut National de Recherche Halieutique (INRH) of Morocco to support the development of training and research in the field of fisheries and marine sciences in the Mediterranean region.Collaboration between stakeholders is at the heart of the GFCM’s strategy and it is crucial to promote the adoption of sustainable practices in fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean region. In line with the theme of Earth Day 2021, this partnership will encourage innovative thinking...

Rome / Beijing, 21 April 2021 – FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of the People’s Republic of China reaffirmed their partnership and shared their commitment to support the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during the 9th Annual Consultation Meeting of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme (ACM) held virtually on 21 April 2021. In his opening remarks, Mr XIE Jianmin, Counsel of the Department of International Cooperation of MARA, mentioned that for the future of the FAO-China SSC Programme, “partnerships with developed countries, emerging economies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, scientific research institutions, the private sector,...

Geneva/Rome - Aimed at providing lawmakers with practical guidance on legislative processes that prioritize nutrition, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published today a new Handbook for Parliamentarians, entitled "Food Systems and Nutrition".The online Handbook was produced in collaboration with the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's  Fund (UNICEF) and the African Union Development Agency's New Partnership for Africa's Development (AUDA-NEPAD).One out of three people globally suffers from at least one form of malnutrition, and the economic loss...

Santiago de Chile, 16 de abril de 2021 – Países de América Latina y el Caribe participan, el día 27 de abril, del Diálogo sobre el Desperdicio de Alimentos en Escuelas: Desafíos y Posibilidades, promovido por laRed de Alimentación Escolar Sostenible (RAES), creada en el 2018 por el gobierno de Brasil. El evento tiene como objetivo promover el dialogo entre los países de la región para la construcción de conocimientos y de intercambio de buenas prácticas relacionadas a la mitigación de los desperdicios de alimentos en los entornos escolares.

FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol and Minister-President of Flanders, Jan Jambon today signed a historic framework agreement to enhance cooperation between the Government of Flanders and FAO on a range of international development issues.

Parliamentarians working to safeguard food security and nutrition continue to meet virtually in a series of dialogues organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the latest meeting bringing together legislators from various English-speaking African countries. The dialogues, supported by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), help to keep food security and nutrition at the top of political agendas and offer parliamentarians a forum to exchange best practices and lessons learned in guaranteeing food security, nutrition and the right to food during the containment and recovery phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Santiago de Chile, 14 de abril de 2021 – Para identificar las actividades de las organizaciones gremiales algodoneras en los países socios en el contexto de pandemia y post pandemia con miras a la reactivación económica y social, el Foro Regional Algodonero de los Países Socios de la Cooperación Sur-Sur Trilateral +Algodón promueve, el día 22 de abril, la Videoconferencia: Encuentro de Organizaciones Gremiales. El encuentro virtual también busca fortalecer el intercambio entre los gremios y sus acciones en los diferentes países. La videoconferencia tendrá transmisión en vivo por las redes sociales: Twitter FAOBrasilCoop y canal de FAO en YouTube,...

09/04/2021 Other thematic areas in which they will receive support are family farming and nutritional food security; agricultural health and food safety; climate change and comprehensive risk management; competitiveness, trade and agribusiness, among others. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Regional Center for the Promotion of MSMEs (CENPROMYPE-SICA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the objective of promoting joint, coordinated and complementary actions that contribute to the development and sustainability of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector, especially those MSMEs related to the agri-food sector. This cooperation framework between FAO and CENPROMYPE will contribute...