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Following the June 2020 publication on case studies of successful partnership practices and important outcomes with featured academia and research institutions, a second series of case studies showcases four key partnerships with Agrinatura (Czechia), Texas A&M AgriLife (United States of America), Università degli Studi di Torino (Italy) and Université Laval (Canada). These key partnerships contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from different perspectives. Agrinatura ...

La necesidad de una acción conjunta para evitar que la emergencia sanitaria internacional de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) desencadene una crisis alimentaria mundial de efectos devastadores ha dado la bienvenida a un nuevo instrumento, la Coalición alimentaria, presentado formalmente hoy por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO).

Santiago de Chile - El Representante Regional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), Julio Berdegué, instó a los parlamentos de América Latina y el Caribe a poner la alimentación en lo más alto de sus agendas legislativas, para enfrentar los efectos de la pandemia sobre la nutrición y la seguridad alimentaria. “El tema de la alimentación no está siendo incluido en los programas de recuperación del COVID 19 de los países de la región con la fuerza suficiente. Sugerimos muy respetuosamente que estos temas sean parte del diálogo en los parlamentos”, dijo Berdegué. Esta...

Para muchos, el refresco de jengibre, el té de jengibre o las galletas de jengibre son artículos básicos habituales en el hogar. Viene de lejos la reputación mundial de esta isla caribeña por su excelente jengibre, de potencia y acritud conocidos, pero la industria se ve amenazada.La podredumbre del rizoma del jengibre lleva años devastando la producción en toda la isla, llegando a obligar a muchos agricultores a abandonar por completo la producción de jengibre. La enfermedad se propagó hasta el punto de que de 2015 a 2018 la producción de jengibre en Jamaica descendió a casi la...

Composed by thirteen Member States from the Mediterranean region, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) is an intergovernmental organization sharing common objectives with FAO. The long history of collaborations between the two organizations initiated in 1977 when the first joint activities started to be implemented. After years of interactions, a further step was accomplished in 2009 with the signature of a framework agreement focusing on areas such as traditional foods, forests’ protection, irrigation, plant disease management and quarantine measures. In 2015, the...

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the creation of the United Nations and what better way to showcase South-South and Triangular cooperation achievements, than with a compilation of good practices on how SSTC is being leveraged to support the efforts of countries to accelerate the progress towards the attainment of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). About a month ago, the UN Office of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (UNOSSC) launched its volume three of “Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable Development”. This volume features 195 good practices, obtained by 77 partners including Member States,...

Rome - Italy's agri-food system offers lessons on the transformations the world needs, and the nation is playing a critical role by promoting a multilateral food coalition that is closely aligned to FAO's own rural development framework as articulated in the Hand-in-Hand Initiative and the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today in an address to members of Italy's parliament.   "FAO is proud to be your partner in this noble mission of eradicating hunger, eliminating poverty and creating a world of harmony and solidarity," the Director-General said in remarks to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the...

Beijing - On the occasion of World Food Day 2020, FAO China Office collaborated with Toutiao, a popular Chinese social media network with 120 million daily active users, to organize the Food Heroes Campaign and celebrate food heroes who contributed to ensuring food supply during the COVID-19 outbreak. Various organizations and general public were invited to contact FAO-China and nominate the food heroes they know.On 16 October, 15 candidate profiles were selected and posted for public voting on Toutiao. During the ten-day voting period from 16 to 25 October, the total votes for 15 candidates reached 1,154,727....

A double-celebration marking World Food Day and the 75th anniversary of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) underscored the need to make urgent and lasting changes to ensure food security for all, in keeping with the theme of this year’s observance, Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together. Our actions are our future.   FAO Director-General QU Dongyu joined in the FAO Brussels event, along with the Vice-President of the European Parliament, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, high-level officials from the OACPS, and the Director of the World Food Programme.   “Our work is not done yet. Together with all key stakeholders, we are working to...

El 29 de septiembre de 2020, la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) autorizó una contribución voluntaria excepcional a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) de EUR 2,8 millones. Este año, España ha aumentado generosamente sus contribuciones voluntarias y ha ampliado el espectro de la cooperación internacional para apoyar acciones que puedan ayudar a paliar los efectos devastadores de la pandemia de COVID-19 en poblaciones vulnerables. Esto incluye mejorar la seguridad alimentaria, proteger los medios de vida de las familias...