30 June 2017, Rome. The 40th session of the FAO Conference will host a side event on “China-FAO South-South Cooperation: promoting inclusive and sustainable development” that can be followed live via webcast here: http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/4394/icode/ Interpretation will be available in English, Chinese, French and Spanish. The event will take place in the Sheikh Zayed Centre at FAO Headquarters in Rome (Italy) on the 6th of July and begins at 18:30 CET.  FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme China, as an active participant and supporter of FAO SSC Programme, has witnessed the burgeoning development of SSC with FAO and other partners.  This side event aims to share achievements...

Roma, 27 de junio de 2017 – La FAO y Uruguay trabajarán juntos en programas de Cooperación Sur-Sur y Triangular para fortalecer el desarrollo agrícola, la agroindustria y la seguridad alimentaria en países africanos y contribuir así a la consecución global de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Un acuerdo firmado hoy por el Director General de la FAO, José Graziano da Silva, y el Ministro de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca de Uruguay, Tabaré Aguerre, sienta las bases para aprovechar la experiencia de la Agencia Uruguaya de Cooperación Internacional (AUCI) en materia de cooperación técnica y desarrollo de capacidades en...

23 June 2017, Cairo – The Government of Egypt and FAO renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on South-South Cooperation (SSC) for an additional three years to boost agricultural development of African countries through transfer of knowledge and innovative approaches.  “The renewal of this MoU not only represents a milestone in further strengthening the cooperation between FAO and the Government of Egypt, but will also make Egyptian expertise better known across African countries” Mr Hussein Gadain, FAO Representative in Egypt, said.  This updated commitment will mainly support sustainable agriculture of the Nile Basin countries, by focusing on “farmer to farmer” exchanges through...

22 June 2017, Rome. The Government of Uganda committed to continue South-South Cooperation activities with China, facilitated by FAO, in light of the excellent results achieved so far. In a letter addressed to the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, wished “to recognize the significant cooperation between our two sister nations”. “I highly appreciate the recent cordial cooperation under the framework of FAO South-South Cooperation Activities aimed at fostering agricultural development for the mutual benefit of our people,” stated the President of Uganda in the letter to his Chinese counterpart. The Government...