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Совет управляющих Зеленого климатического фонда (ЗКФ) одобрил три новых разработанных ФАО проекта в Аргентине, Гватемале и Судане общей стоимостью в 158,6 млн долл. США, направленных на снижение выбросов парниковых газов, повышение устойчивости к изменению климата и борьбу с обезлесением.

Сегодня Продовольственная и сельскохозяйственная организация Объединенных Наций официально объявила о создании Продовольственной коалиции, которая станет новым важным инструментом, призванным обеспечить принятие совместных мер, с тем чтобы не допустить трансформацию международной чрезвычайной ситуации в области здравоохранения, обусловленной пандемией COVID-19, в катастрофический мировой продовольственный кризис.

On 29 September 2020, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) authorized an exceptional voluntary contribution to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) of EUR 2.8 million. This year, Spain has generously increased its voluntary contributions and broadened the spectrum of international cooperation to support actions that can help alleviate the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations. This includes enhancing food security, protecting the livelihoods of impacted farming families, and improving the resilience of rural communities, as well as activities aligned to achieving...

African Ministers for Agriculture have emphasized the importance of ensuring food security and nutrition, and continuing agricultural activities during the response to COVID-19 – including production, marketing, harvesting, storage and value addition. Safe food and nutrition are essential to the health response: in the African context, the COVID-19 crisis is being compounded by a food crisis. This calls for a holistic approach to address public health concerns and ensure food security in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. Urgent, strategic and coordinated action is needed to minimize disruptions in food supply chains in the short-term, and improve the resilience of agriculture production...

On Wednesday, 24 June 2020, the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism held its first virtual annual FMM Resource Partner Consultation. All FMM Resource Partners were represented at the meeting, including: Belgium, Flanders, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.  The Consultation meeting was kick-started with opening remarks by Mr Alexander Jones