Colombo – Les difficultés rencontrées dans la concrétisation des objectifs de développement durable (ODD) de l’ONU, les périls de la crise climatique et les complexités de la mobilisation de financements sont au nombre des thèmes débattus lors de la rencontre qui rassemble aujourd’hui des ministr...

Rome/Nairobi – Le Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement (PNUE) et l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) ont désigné sept initiatives d’Afrique, d’Amérique latine, de la région méditerranéenne et d’Asie du Sud-Est comme fleurons mondiaux de la resta...

Washington/Rome – Le Fonds pour l’environnement mondial (FEM) a donné son feu vert à 48 projets menés par la FAO qui représentent une enveloppe totale d’environ 2,9 milliards d’USD (294 millions d’USD en financement de projets et 2,6 milliards d’USD en cofinancement) et qui donneront une impulsio...

Rome – À l’occasion de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (COP28), qui se tient à Dubaï, aux Émirats arabes unis, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et le Gouvernement norvégien ont annoncé aujourd’hui le lance...

Un accord signé en marge de l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, organisée cette semaine, va considérablement faciliter la coopération entre la Banque européenne d’investissement (BEI) et cinq institutions des Nations unies. Cet accord permet à la BEI de financer directement des serv...

The World Bank kick-started the application process to the Pandemic Fund, calling for proposals for an initial envelope of USD 300 million with a deadline on the 19th of May. The Fund is the direct result of G20 Finance and Health Ministers efforts, pushed forward under the strong leadership of the Italian, Indonesian and now Indian Presidency. Pledges have reached USD 1.7 billion, aimed at providing critical investments to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPR) capacities in low- and middle-income countries.

La FAO se félicite du nouveau Fonds de lutte contre la pandémie et de son rôle en tant qu'entité chargée de la mise en œuvre pour aider les pays à mieux prévenir, se préparer et réagir.

The past four years marked a time of growth in commitments and contributions to FAO’s Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM), the main pooled funding instrument for flexible and less-earmarked voluntary resources in the Organization.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a €20 million contribution from Germany to save lives and livelihoods of the most severely drought-affected farmers and herders in the Horn of Africa. It is a vital contribution which comes at a critical time in t...

At the invitation of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which took office on 1 January, FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji briefed delegates of the European Union Member States in the Council Coordination Working Party on FAO Matters (AGRIFAO).

Many artisanal fishers who access coral reefs experience a reduction in their income from fishing – that was reported commonly by the REEFFISH project regional steering committee members during their first two-days meeting, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Natio...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a groundbreaking $65 million contribution from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to boost food security and support livelihoods of the most vulnerable rural communities in Afghanistan.

The Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) recently funded a new Subprogramme on Global Network of Digital Agriculture Innovation Hubs. The Subprogramm...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Chinese Government officially launching Phase III of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Finland today signed an agreement to enhance the capacity of countries in forest resources and data management especially in Africa. The $7 million multi-donor project will be implemented jointly by ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Resource Partners held strategic discussions last Friday on the next phase of the Flexible Multi-partner Mechanism (FMM), FAO’s main pooled programmatic funding instrument for development work that allows th...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a $10 million contribution from the United States of America to its COVID-19 response efforts and to help counter other challenges that threaten human, animal and environmental health, including future pandemics.

On 25 November 2021, FAO and the Government of Australia signed a new USD 1 009 710 (equal to AUD 1 300 000) agreement to support the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM), FAO’s main fund for channelling and managing less-earmarked resources to strengthen the achievement of the Organization’...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Resource Partners today held talks on the next phase of the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM), an increasingly effective facility that allows the United Nations agency to quickly direct funding where and when it’s most needed.