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12 Aug 2021
Brasilia, 12 de agosto de 2021 - El curso Alimentación Escolar como Estrategia Educativa para una Vida Saludable fue concluido el miércoles, 11 de agosto, en una webinar en vivo, que contó con más de 1800 visualizaciones por las redes sociales. La sesión de cierre tuvo como tema principal la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios por medio de programas de alimentación escolar sostenibles. ![Strengthening South-South and triangular cooperation in the fields of rice millet and sweet potato in the Republic of the Gambia](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Image.jpg)
10 Aug 2021
10 August 2021, Rome – The Director of FAO’s South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division, Mr. Ye Anping, today met virtually with the Minister for Agriculture of the Republic of the Gambia, Ms. Amie Fabureh.
The meeting was a follow-up to a previous bi-lateral encounter between the Minister and the FAO Director-General, Dr. QU Dongyu, held during the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit, where both shared views on the agriculture sector of the Gambia and discussed ways in which FAO could support the country to become more self-sufficient in terms of production.
At the meeting, the Minister reiterated that the top priorities...![400 African trainees to be capacitated in Fall Armyworm sustainable control in IBRAF’s Online Professional Learning course with FAO](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_Presentation1.jpg)
22 Jul 2021
Brazil Africa Institute (IBRAF) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed, Thursday 22nd, a Letter of Agreement (LoA) to jointly design a South-South Cooperation (SSC) training through IBRAF’s Online Professional Learning (OPL) platform that will support 400 African trainees to gain expertise and skills on Fall Armyworm sustainable control.![Triangular Cooperation joins Academia to spark innovation for more resilient agri-food systems](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_pic ZOOM meeting CAAS.png)
22 Jun 2021
22 June 2021 – The second partners’ consultation meeting of a Triangular Cooperation initiative involving the Belgian University of Liège, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) took place virtually on 21 and 22 June 2021.
The first day began with a keynote address by speakers from the three organizations, as well as interventions from representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China (MARA), the Belgian Development Agency, Enabel, and the Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI).
In his opening remarks, Mr. Anping YE, Director of the South-South and Triangular Cooperation...![Improving disease intelligence of African animal trypanosomosis](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_aat-closingwebinar.png)
18 Jun 2021
Harare, 18 June 2021 – Veterinary officials from 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa successfully completed the FAO online course on sharing knowledge and experiences regarding the development of national atlases for tsetse and African animal trypanosomosis (AAT).