South-South and Triangular Cooperation

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31 Oct 2024
Bogotá, October 31, 2024 – With the goal of improving the competitiveness of Colombian family cotton farming, benefiting 1,200 farming families, the governments of Brazil and Colombia and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) signed the second phase of the +Cotton Colombia project.
23 Oct 2024
23/10/2024 Rome – Key stakeholders, including government officials, project task force members, OCOP Focal Points and FAO staff from seven countries, covering four regions convened virtually to kick-start a new project, aimed at establishing South-South and Triangular Cooperation Networks for Special Agriculture Products (SAPs) to promote knowledge sharing, technology transfer for scaling-up the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative.  The inception workshop, held on 23 October 2024, was central to define project objectives, expected outputs and major activities, as well as reviewing the detailed work plan and budget for the project implementation.  The OCOP initiative, a flagship program of FAO, is...
09 Oct 2024
Santiago, Chile, October 9, 2024 – To commemorate World Cotton Day 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC/MRE) held the webinar “Certification Models: Pathways to a Sustainable Future for Cotton” on October 8, as part of the +Cotton project.
07 Oct 2024
Bogotá, October 7, 2024 – In the municipality of Coyaima, in the department of Tolima, in the village of Lomas de Guaguarco, live Eduvin Timote, his wife Alix Chila Yara, and their son Armando Timote Chila, an indigenous family of Pijao ethnicity. They exemplify how knowledge exchange, the adoption of good agricultural practices, and international cooperation can enhance production and improve the quality of life for rural families.
25 Sep 2024
25/09/2024, Santiago The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Brazil, through the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC/MRE) and the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA), launched the virtual course "Land administration and governance of tenure in the framework of the Voluntary Guidelines on Governance of Tenure (VGGT)" for Latin America and the Caribbean, with support from FAO Campus.