The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has embraced South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) as a catalytic means to advance agricultural development, food security and rural development. Building on years of experience...

2 May 2025, Semey, Kazakhstan –A two-day Integrated Forest Fire Management Training programme took place on 22–23 April 2025 in Semey, Kazakhstan. It assembled forestry professionals from Kazakhstan, with a focus on personnel working in fire management units. The comprehensive programme addressed critical aspects of integrated forest fire management in a context of intensifying wildfire risks globally due to climate change. Aligned with the FAO Strategy on Forest Fire Management, the training course also represented a significant milestone in forestry cooperation...

Nestled in the lush hills above the northern shores of Lake Victoria, a new industry is emerging from its cocoon. Waiswa Aggrey Mubeerwa, its young manager, is waiting for it to mature so that he can start sending its products to distant markets. Waiswa was hired by the Seres Textile Company Limited to oversee its silk farming facility in Mukono, a district in Uganda about an hour's drive east of the capital, Kampala. Built in 2019, the company's huge warehouse stores a growing number of silkworms and cocoons. Waiswa is waiting for an extracting machine so that Uganda's silk-exporting business can...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of China and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Security (MoALFS) of The Gambia have officially signed a South-South Cooperation (SSC) project aimed at transforming the country’s rice and millet food systems.  The project, titled Sustainable Rice and Millet Food Systems Transformation in The Gambia Through South-South Cooperation with the People’s Republic of China, is funded by a USD 1.5 million contribution from the...

26/03/2025 Kisumu and Nairobi – Like many other tropical countries, Kenya faces fall armyworm infestations, with maize crops recording high levels of infestations during the growing season. The pest has enormous potential to further spread to other crops, threatening the livelihoods of vulnerable maize farmers and economic damage.