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The FAO Country Programming Framework for the Republic of Belarus was signed in a ceremony at the Ministry of Agriculture by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus Alla Lomakina and FAO Regional Programme Leader for Europe and Central Asia Raimund Jehle. Read More

25 September 2017, Rome/Brussels - Stepping up their long and fruitful partnership, FAO and the European Commission (EC) held the strategic dialogue meeting and agreed on joint priorities and deliverables for 2018-2020. The decision to intensify joint efforts comes at an important moment in time with both partners sharpening their focus in the areas of food security, nutrition, resilience, sustainable agriculture, ocean governance, all within the context of working together towards the achievement of Agenda 2030 and the Paris Climate Change Agreement. Since the European Union became an FAO Member Organization, the partnership has been increasing in importance. Both FAO and...

Septiembre de 2017 – El 21 de septiembre, el Ministerio de Agricultura, Bosques y Pesca del Japón y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) cerraron un acuerdo que ayudará a mejorar la evaluación, el seguimiento y la presentación de informes de los esfuerzos realizados a nivel mundial y nacional en materia de forestación, reforestación y conservación con miras a incrementar las existencias forestales de carbono. El proyecto, financiado por el Ministerio de Agricultura, Bosques y Pesca del Japón con dos millones de USD, tendrá una duración de cuatro años. Gracias a él, el Departamento...

FAO and WFP co-hosted an event to present the findings of the report Breaking the impasse: Reducing protracted internal displacement as a collective outcome.

El pasado mes de julio, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Industrial (ONUDI) y la FAO firmaron un acuerdo interinstitucional en el marco de un Proyecto entre la ONUDI y el Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM) con el fin de ejecutar el Programa Estratégico de Acción en apoyo de la gestión sostenible del gran ecosistema marino del Golfo de México. En este contexto, la ONUDI, en su calidad de organismo ejecutor y contribuyente, encomendó a la FAO la tarea de brindar asistencia técnica al Instituto Nacional de Pesca de México (INAPESCA) con miras a ejecutar...

FAO and UNICEF are strengthening their partnership to promote the expansion of social protection as one pathway out of poverty. A new joint study refutes some of the misperceptions and criticisms around cash transfers in the context of sub-Saharan Africa, the region currently home for three quarters of world’s extreme-poor. These myths include: “cash is wasted on alcohol and tobacco”, “transfers are just hand-outs”, “cash creates dependency”, “transfers lead to negative economic...

A new FAO project targets Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey, for development of vocational skills in the agriculture sector. The aim is to provide employment opportunities for some 900 people in five provinces of Southern Turkey: Adana, Gaziantep, Isparta, Mersin and Sanliurfa. With a budget of US$ 1.7 million, the project is financed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with Turkey’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock as lead executing partner and FAO as implementing agency.

The Government of Libya has signed a USD 3.5 million agreement with FAO to strengthen its technical and functional national capacities in agriculture. The project aims to build capacities and to ensure more efficient and effective governmental agricultural support services to achieve greater synergies and impacts. After hydrocarbons, agriculture is the second most important sector in Libya’s economy. However, the socio-economic and environmental settings in which the agricultural sector operates present a number of challenges, such as low productivity and climate conditions, characterized by little and fluctuating rainfall, limited water resources and poor irrigation systems. “Libya has recognized the fundamental role of...

A range of problems in the agriculture sector in South Western border districts of Balochistan will be addressed simultaneously capturing some specific opportunities in the agriculture sector through the Australia Balochistan Agri-business Programme-Phase Two (AusABBA II) .

Events in Ankara today and tomorrow kick off the second phase of a successful partnership between Turkey and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). High-level participation from numerous countries reflects the partnership’s international significance.