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Diego Urbano a le café dans les veines. Âgé de 18 ans, cet étudiant originaire du sud de la Colombie est né dans une famille de producteurs de café. Depuis qu’il s’est joint à un projet visant à promouvoir l’utilisation de la technologie dans le secteur, il rêve de pouvoir poursuivre la tradition tout en y ajoutant une petite touche d’innovation.«Les jeunes comme moi veulent continuer à construire leur avenir à la campagne en inventant de nouvelles méthodes de production, de commercialisation et de consommation», explique-t-il.Dans le cadre du projet, Diego et 29 autres étudiants de...

Brussels - In recent years, parliamentarians in Europe and other regions of the world have formed alliances to step up efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition globally, while making food systems more sustainable, inclusive and resilient. The European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition,  was created in 2016 as an initiative of and under the auspices of FAO, is an alliance of currently 30 members of the European Parliament formed with the aim to achieve the objectives encompassed in the Sustainable Development Goals and in particular, SDG2 (end hunger). “The European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition always works to keep food security...

The world’s demand for fish is growing: over the last thirty years, there has been a 122% rise in fish consumption globally. In 2018, global capture fisheries recorded a catch of 96.4 million tonnes, the highest recorded total to date.   Small-scale fisheries play an important part in meeting this demand. They are present in all parts of the world, and the vast majority of their catch is destined for local human consumption. The sector provides an important contribution to nutrition, food security, sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation, especially in developing countries. In recognition of the important role they play, the...

Santiago/Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met the Regional Coordinator of the Parliamentary Front against Hunger (PFH) in Latin America and the Caribbean, Jairo Flores, who is also a Deputy of the Congress in Guatemala, to discuss ways of strengthening the collaboration between FAO and Parliaments in the region to fight poverty, hunger and...

Los proyectos de cooperación Sur-Sur, +Algodón, en ejecución en países de América Latina; Algodón con Trabajo Decente, en ejecución en Paraguay, Perú, Malí y Mozambique; y Shire-Zambeze, en ejecución en Mozambique y Malawi, promueven el webinar Juntos Somos Más Algodón, en celebración del Día Mundial del Algodón - América Latina y África, el 7 de octubre (15h Chile/Brasil/Paraguay/Argentina; 13h. Ecuador/Colombia/ Perú; 20h. Mozambique). 

Rome/Brussels - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and CropLife International today renewed and strengthened their commitment to work together and find new ways to transform agri-food systems and promote rural development through on the ground investment and innovation.

For rural women and men, land ownership is crucial to support agriculture production and to ensure the food and economic security of their households. Secure ownership and control of land also has an important positive effect on women’s empowerment: secure land tenure is associated with higher levels of investment and productivity in agriculture, which in turn lead to higher income and greater economic well-being for women and their households. Where women are able to own or control land, they are less likely to depend on male relatives for economic security. Land rights also offer women greater bargaining power within their...

L'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) a signé un accord de partenariat avec l'Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, reconnaissant ainsi les parlementaires comme des acteurs clés dans la lutte contre la faim, la malnutrition et la pauvreté rurale.Cet accord, signé quelques jours après la publication du nouveau rapport sur l'état de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition dans le monde en 2020 vient à point nommé.En effet, ce rapport dépeint un scénario peu encourageant. Alors qu’il nous reste une décennie pour atteindre les objectifs du développement durable à l'horizon 2030, le...

Building on a history of successful collaboration, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Université Laval have renewed their partnership for another three years. The joint work together will continue to advance progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on the areas of agroforestry, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and food security and nutrition.Based in Quebec City, Université Laval is one of Canada’s largest universities and a leader in research and innovation. The university’s contribution to the field of sustainable development has also been widely recognized; it is ranked 4th in the...

On 16 September, the United Nations Rome-based agencies − the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), IFAD and the World Food Programme (WFP) − celebrated the 2020 UN Day for South-South Cooperation with a virtual event hosted by IFAD. The theme for the celebration was The role of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the transformation of food systems, in view of COVID-19.