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…
South-South and Triangular Cooperation: a "game changer" for world's most vulnerable, says FAO Director-General
16/12/2019
Innovative partnerships, investment and technical exchange through South-South and Triangular Cooperation are critical for countries especially in the global South to address climate change and…
FAO South-South Cooperation (SSC) convenes 14 countries in Kenya on linkages between Social Protection, Agriculture and Resilience
10/12/2019
More than 113 million people across Africa experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance in 2018, according to the Global Report on Food Crises. A South-…
Celebrating South-South Cooperation, innovative partnerships for tackling food insecurity and poverty
25/11/2019
Through South-South Cooperation, countries across the global South are successfully exchanging technical expertise and building innovative partnerships, which if strengthened, can continue to play…
Scaling up digital agricultural technologies for Sustainable Development
12/11/2019
he Brazil Africa Forum officially opened its 7th edition today in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The two-day event is a platform for 300 representatives from governments, private sector, academia, potential…
Inspiration, Inclusion, Innovation: FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme marks its 10th year anniversary
23/10/2019
2019 marks the Tenth Anniversary of the establishment of the FAO-China SSC Programme. FAO is organizing a 3-day event in Kampala, Uganda, from 25-27 November 2019, to commemorate this anniversary…
Food Security and the Achievement of SDGs in Africa through South-South Cooperation
26/09/2019
On the sidelines of the World Sustainable Development Summit, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Economic Commission for…
The DryArc Initiative: a CGIAR Research Center partnership aiming to strengthen the resilience of rural communities and agri-food systems across the Global Drylands
25/09/2019
FAO was invited by the Director-General of the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) to attend the DryArc Initiative Co-Design Workshop, and provide inputs…
FAO supports Zimbabwe in becoming a provider of expertise on the control of a high impact Transboundary Animal Disease (AAT)
13/09/2019
FAO is supporting Zimbabwe, a land-locked country, in becoming a South South Cooperation (SSC) provider of expertise to its neighboring countries in Southern Africa on the control of a high-…