WeCaN’s Forestry Technical Network webinar: celebrating achievements and discussing challenges after COP 27
05/12/2022
The UNFCCC 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), held in Sharm el-Sheik in November, was a source of great pride for FAO’s WeCaN team, as we saw so many of our members getting the chance to…
Peer-to-peer agribusiness learning exchange between Africa and Ireland
05/12/2022
A 27-member delegation from six African countries (Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) spent five days in Ireland learning about Irish agribusiness incubation and…
FAO partners with Gates Foundation to explore SSTC cooperation in pest management through Early Warning Systems in Nigeria
23/11/2022
A USD 350,000 contribution from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will help to improve plant pest management through the…
South-South Cooperation project between Uganda and China advances to new level amid impressive results
16/11/2022
A highly successful South-South Cooperation (SSC) project between China and Uganda, supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), moved towards its latest…
FAO, Tanzania, Côte d'Ivoire and the Philippines meet to discuss on the outline of the international training curriculum to boost local rice value chains
07/11/2022
A virtual international training curricula consultation workshop, focusing on rice value chain, was successfully organized by FAO under the framework of the “Capacity Development and Experience…
Reinforcing South-South and Triangular Cooperation ties in Mali
21/10/2022
On the sidelines of the World Food Forum, the Director of FAO’s South-South and Triangular Cooperation division (PST), Mr Anping Ye, met with His Excellency, Mr Aly Coulibaly, Ambassador Permanent…
Brazil and FAO renew their commitment to south-south cooperation
24/09/2022
Santiago de Chile, September 24, 2022 – With the aim of defining strategic priorities for the next five years, improving shared governance mechanisms and analyzing the current implementation of…
FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme 10th Annual Consultation Meeting
22/09/2022
FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of the People’s Republic of China reaffirmed their commitment to agrifood system transformations and the realization of the Sustainable…
RBA Celebration of the UN Day for South-South Cooperation with a Focus on Home-Grown School Feeding, held at the GSSD Expo
15/09/2022
For the sixth consecutive year, the United Nations (UN) Rome-based agencies (RBA) – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the…
Countries in the region continue dialogue on technologies to modernize land administration and regularization
15/09/2022
Following the presentation of practical experiences in the development of technological systems and tools to modernize processes of regularization and allocation of rural and agricultural land in…