26 October 2022 - More than 40 farmers, producers, agribusinesses, cooperatives and officials from LVV, EZOTI and ROS among others participated in an interactive 4-day training workshop held from 12 to 15 October 2022. Experts from the Sustainable Food Value Chains team of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) implemented the training organized by ...

26 October 2022 - At the request of the Ministry of Agriculture, FAO Guyana recently partnered with IICA to host a Gender and Youth Symposium as part of activities that led up to World Food Day 2022. Through this partnership youth and gender activists, agribusiness entrepreneurs, government technicians, and academicians gathered to dialogue about ...

06 June 2022 - It is widely acknowledged that changes in rainfall patterns, temperature, seasonal trends and more extreme weather events pose myriad threats to agrifood systems worldwide, with impacts being felt at all stages of the value chain. Climate change and weather extremes disrupt activities and livelihoods; exacerbate food loss and waste and ...

30 November 2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in its continuous efforts to support the development of the Agri-food systems in Zambia, has adopted a programmatic approach to synergize efforts with the Government of Zambia. This approach seeks to unleash the potential for inclusive and sustainable agricultural growth ...

13 May 2021 - FAO and the University of Ghana have recently held a three-day workshop to scale up technical skills and competencies of agrifood SMEs as key actors in the improvement of food systems in Ghana. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), The National Board of Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), ...