The United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and UN Development Cooperation Office (UNDCO) are pleased to announce the launch of a new e-learning module designed to strengthen South-South and triangular cooperation across the UN development system at country and regional levels. This self-paced online module, developed in collaboration with FAO, PAHO, UNFPA, WFP, and UN System Staff College, will effectively equip UN Country Teams and regional entities with practical tools and knowledge to mainstream South-South and triangular cooperation in their development frameworks.

Anastasia Mwamula roots weeds from her quarter-of-an-acre paddy field barefoot. It’s a back-breaking exercise. But, at 51 years of age and with eight children to feed, she’s gotten used to hard work. Every morning, Anastasia and her 58-year-old husband, Zakaria Wapali, leave their red-brick home on the edge of a tiny village known as Scheme View to tend to this and other crops on their 15-acre field, a two-kilometre walk away. There, they grow cabbage, bananas, mangoes, maize, cassava, tomatoes and—of course—rice. That’s because Anastasia and Zakaria hail from Butaleja, a farming district that could easily be described as “the rice basket...

17/12/2024, Amman - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), the Municipality of Milan, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and Let’s Food, launches a two-day workshop titled “Together in Action on Food Losses and Waste at City Level,” which aims to address the pressing issue of food loss and waste (FLW) in urban areas.

05/12/2024 Seoul, Republic of Korea – Rice is a critical staple food, providing essential calories and nutrients for over half the world’s population, especially in low-income countries. The FAO-Republic of Korea (ROK) project, aims to strengthen rice research and training institutions in Tanzania, Cote d’Ivoire, and the Philippines, developing competitive and inclusive rice value chains through SSTC.

03/12/2024 The project "South-South Cooperation: Digital Transformation and Innovation in Agriculture" has completed its implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean, with results that have directly benefited 800 people from rural areas, especially in communities with limited access and connectivity. Furthermore, it has had an indirect impact on over 4,000 people. Led by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the People's Republic of China, and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the project promoted digital initiatives in 12 countries across the region to support the recovery of rural livelihoods impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.