The success of hybrid rice cultivation in Madagascar is looming
30/04/2020
"A delegation of ten people led by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (MAEP) went to Mahitsy on April 23, 2020 to inspect the cultivated hybrid rice on a 40 hectare plot, which…
Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences joins forces with FAO to support sustainable agriculture and rural economies
27/04/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) have signed a partnership agreement which foresees joint efforts to…
South-South and Triangular Cooperation on the Bioeconomy
23/04/2020
What exactly is the Bioeconomy and what is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) doing to promote its sustainable and circular implementation?
Bioeconomy is…
Tackling Fall Armyworm. Sharing knowledge through South-South and Triangular Cooperation
09/04/2020
Fall Armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda), is an insect pest affecting more than 80 plant species, causing damage to economically important cultivated cereals such as maize, rice, sorghum, as…
+Cotton Project: Working for the sustainable development of Caribbean and Latin American cotton
27/03/2020
In the last 20 years, project partner countries such as Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, where 80 percent of cotton production is in the hands of family farmers or small-…
FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme: Voices from the Field
20/03/2020
"After more than two decades of increasing collaboration FAO and China established in 2009 the FAO–China South–South Cooperation Programme, with a trust fund of USD 80 million provided by China.…
Secrets of the South
02/03/2020
"For many people around the world, cotton is a safety net. As a crop resistant to climatic changes, it can be planted in dry and arid zones and represents a real economic lifeline in rural areas…
South-South and Triangular Cooperation: a key tool to attract new and non-traditional partners
25/02/2020
Sharing and disseminating information amongst African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and subsequently between them and other developing countries of the Global South, is of central…
Cooperation models for transforming the agricultural sector
12/02/2020
The path to reducing unacceptable hunger levels ""lies in our ability to transform the agricultural sector"", FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today at a high-level panel here.
The Director…
PGA event leverages South-South Cooperation to combat hunger
12/02/2020
On 12 February 2020, President of the 74rth Session of the General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York an interactive dialogue focused on exploring…