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10 mars 2021, Kigali/Rome - Au Rwanda, l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) a signé un accord avec la société JR Farms Limited afin d'encourager les jeunes à travailler dans le secteur agricole et de créer des débouchés professionnels décents. JR Farms est une entreprise agricole rwandaise active au Rwanda, au Nigéria et en Zambie dans les domaines de la transformation et de la distribution des denrées alimentaires, du commerce des produits agricoles et des services de conseil. Ses objectifs sont les suivants: garantir la sécurité alimentaire, éliminer la faim en Afrique et créer des emplois décents pour...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) QU Dongyu and Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue TD, attended a virtual ceremony today to celebrate the last six years of collaboration between FAO and Ireland.

On Thursday, 18 February 2021 the first of a series of five webinars called “Community Engagement Days” was successfully launched. Organized by the Rural Institutions, Services and Empowerment (RISE) team of the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equity Division of FAO, in collaboration with the government of Belgium and thanks

Nearly one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, parliamentarians gathered for the first in a series of virtual dialogues on food security and nutrition in the time of COVID-19. The dialogues, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and supported by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), offer a forum for parliamentarians to exchange experiences and best practices in mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on food security, in both the containment and recovery phases of the pandemic.The first dialogue in the series brought together parliamentarians from Central America and South America to...

As the world attempts to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic, partnerships are fundamental to create stronger, more resilient food systems. As we move towards the 2021 Food Systems Summit, innovation, evidence-based decision making and aligning priorities around common goals are crucial components in transforming the way the world produces and consumes food. Two recent partnerships - one with the International Renewable Energy Agency, and a tripartite agreement with the Union for the Mediterranean and the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies - focus on building sustainable food systems, by fostering research and innovation in...