Under the watchful eye of Nena, his adopted mother, Willy Gonçalves has escaped a difficult childhood to become a competent farmer. Today, he manages Nena’s farm and their thriving seedling business is drawing a sharp contrast with increasing number of farmers abandoning their land in Cabo Verde, amid climate change [...]

Celestina Tavares, a livestock farmer in Cabo Verde is at the forefront of the battle against the threats posed by the climate change to the farmers of this archipelago nation, bringing prolonged droughts and scarce pasture for animals. Through the FAO-China South-South Cooperation project, a group of Chinese experts pass [...]

气候变化和旱季延长对佛得角农业构成日益严重的威胁。 通过粮农组织-中国南南合作计划，一众中国专家向佛得角农牧民传授知识和技能，帮助他们防治病虫害，管理土壤和畜牧生产，并传授其他实用技术，促进适应气候变化的影响。 这些中国专家在本国农村地区积累了丰富的经验，而且他们所来自的地区与佛得角这个小岛屿国家的情况高度相似。

One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) is a FAO's flagship initiative designed to transform agrifood systems by supporting countries in promoting their special agricultural products which are unique products with distinct characteristics linked to their geography and culture. 

The initiative aims to unleash the untapped potential of these special products, facilitating [...]

The FAO MEV-CAM Initiative has worked with local communities to produce a series of participatory videos, empowering them to capture and document best practices and Most Significant Changes brought by development projects in their areas. This video, filmed by local communities in Malawi, captures how beekeeping is used both to [...]

The FAO MEV-CAM Initiative has worked with local communities to produce a series of participatory videos, empowering them to capture and document best practices and Most Significant Changes brought by development projects in their areas. This video, filmed by local communities in Burundi, captures the impact of agroforestry techniques, contour [...]

Recent global challenges caused by disruptions in the food supply chain have exposed the fragility of global food security and agrifood systems. Resourcing innovative ideas, in collaboration with global multistakeholders, is becoming increasingly important to ensure sustainable agrifood systems and food safety for all.

To this end, FAO’s South-South and Triangular [...]

FAO has embraced South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) as a key delivery modality to catalyze agricultural development, food security, rural development, poverty reduction and nutrition over the past two decades. The FAO-China SSC Programme has successfully implemented numerous SSC projects and activities in countries across Africa, Latin America and the [...]

FAO has embraced South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) as a key delivery modality to catalyze agricultural development, food security, rural development, poverty reduction and nutrition over the past two decades. The FAO-China SSC Programme has successfully implemented numerous SSC projects and activities in countries across Africa, Latin America and the [...]

This video commemorates a decade of achievements of the +Algodón project on World Cotton Day 2023 (WCD). Produced in the context of the trilateral south-south cooperation project +Algodón, this video highlights the importance of the project in Latin America and the Caribbean, 10 years after its departure.

The+Cotton project is a [...]