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![Construction de la gouvernance alimentaire de Brazzaville grâce à une coopération Sud-Sud avec les villes de Douala et de Pointe-Noire](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_medium_braz.jpg)
08 Apr 2021
08/04/2021 Brazzaville, capitale de la République du Congo, connait une croissance démographique sans précédent ; sa population a augmenté de 134% entre 2000 et 2020 pour atteindre 2 388 M habitants, alors que la progression de la population de la République du Congo se limitait à 76% sur la même période. Ainsi en 2020, Brazzaville concentre 42% de la population nationale.![FAO launches new virtual course to develop national capacities in fighting a transboundary animal disease](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Group_photo_Opening_webinar_AAT.png)
07 Apr 2021
7 April 2021, Harare - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has launched a new online course on developing national atlases of tsetse fly and African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) to promote the control of high impact Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs). Trypanosomosis is a blood-borne parasitic disease of cattle spread through the bite of a tsetse fly. A tsetse and AAT atlas is a national-level information system on the occurrence of the pest and disease in space and time. The course has been developed by the Programme Against African Trypanosomosis (PAAT), and it is hosted by the Virtual...![MEXICO-CARICOM-FAO launch School Feeding sub-project in six Caribbean countries](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_MEXICO_article.png)
06 Apr 2021
6 April 2020, Mexico - Mexico, CARICOM and FAO have organized a regional meeting to launch a sub-project on “Resilient school feeding programs” that aims at strengthening the capacities of institutions and stakeholders to implement resilient and sustainable National School Feeding Programs in Bahamas, Belize, St Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this initiative has been reformulated to place greater focus towards supporting participating countries in their responses to safeguard livelihoods, ensure adequate access to healthy food and ensure sustainable management of natural resources.
The Mexico-CARICOM-FAO Initiative began its implementation in...![Manual reúne buenas prácticas para la recuperación de la agricultura familiar frente a los desastres y la crisis provocadas por la sequía](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_medium_portada noticia.png)
19 Mar 2021
Brasília, Brasil 19 de marzo de 2021 – Casi 200 personas participaron del taller virtual de lanzamiento del “Manual de Buenas Prácticas de la Agricultura Familiar en la Región Semiárida de Brasil - Tecnologías Sociales de Captación, Manejo, Gestión y Uso del Agua”, transmitido el día jueves, 18 de marzo, por las plataformas Zoom y Twitter FAOBrasilCoop.![Making every voice count for adaptive management](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_FO_SSTC.jpg)
19 Mar 2021
Promotional video dedicated to the "Making every voice count for adaptive management" initiative co-led by the Forestry Department and the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division in FAO. The initiative will complement and support the steps planned to be taken by the GEF-7 Sustainable Forest Management Impact Program on Dryland Sustainable Landscape.