Rome-based agencies highlight efforts to promote collaboration and foster partnerships among the global South at the 2018 celebration of the UN South-South Cooperation Day
13/09/2018
Rome, 12 September 2018. The UN Rome-based Agencies (RBAs), namely, FAO, IFAD and WFP, have launched this week a strong call to scale up South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC)…
FAO raising awareness and providing capacity development on monitoring and early warning tools for the Fall Armyworm in Africa
06/09/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a series of webinars from 09 May to 28 June 2018 to raise awareness and provide capacity development on tools FAO has…
FAO presents the Urban Monitoring Framework at the fourth edition of the MUFPP’s Mayors Summit
05/09/2018
"The fourth edition of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP) Mayors Summit, which has brought together cities from all around the world to discuss best ways to reach a sustainable development…
South-South cooperation to achieve the SDGs
25/07/2018
A 13-member delegation of high-level government officials and members of the Afghanistan Food Security and Nutrition Agenda (AFSeN-A), led by H.E. Nasrullah Arsalai, Director General of the Afghan…
The first regional SSC project on control of the spread of cross-border animal diseases in the Greater Mekong Subregion launched under the FAO-China SSC Programme
09/07/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has established a multilateral collaboration with the Government of the People’s Republic of China and five other countries in…
African cities tackle food and nutrition security challenges
18/04/2018
"18 April 2018, Durban – More than half of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) population could be living in urban areas by 2050 posing huge challenges for poor towns and cities, which already face…
Signing Ceremony of four projects between Tunisia and FAO at the Ministry of Agriculture of Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries
30/03/2018
Mr Samir Taieb, Minister of Agriculture of Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries, and Mr Michael Hage, FAO Coordinator for North Africa and Representative for Tunisia, signed three projects and a…
FAO and Egypt committed to work together with African countries for agricultural development
15/12/2017
Two successful pilot training courses to support agricultural development in the Nile Basin countries through knowledge transfer and innovative approaches celebrated their closure today.
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The United Nations Rome-based Agencies commit to enhance their cooperation in the Global South to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030
28/11/2017
At the Global South-South Development Expo in Antalya (Turkey), the Rome-based Agencies (RBAs) presented todaya joint roadmap which aims to…