Rome/Brussels - The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded on Thursday the Third Monitoring Meeting for the EU-FAO Strategic Dialogue with a call to scale up efforts to transform agrifood systems to make them more effic...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a 15 million euro ($16.29 million) project funded by the European Union (EU) to help Uganda’s forestry sector contribute more sustainably to the economy and the environment. The five-year Sustainable Wood-Based Value Chains in Uganda initiative, to be implemented by FAO, aims to ensure the sustainable supply of legal wood raw material from planted forests, enhance the processing capacity and market demand for wood products and improve the availability of and access to affordable finance.

Work in progress to strengthen the mahi-mahi sector in the Dominican Republic was discussed at a meeting of key stakeholders in Dominican fisheries, where a report on the sector by the global fish value chain development program FISH4ACP was presented.

EU-STREIT PNG Programme provides fisher communities with knowledge and quality equipment to drive the sustainable development of fisheries value chains in the Sepik region.

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed €25 million in additional funding from the European Union (EU) to extend and scale up the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme.

The European Commission, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC), have launched a joint programme to tackle the root causes of child labour in supply chains

The EU-funded "EU Food Security Response in Northern Ghana" project, launched in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, provides much-needed support and hope for vulnerable households grappling with the harsh impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,  conflict in Ukraine, and climate variability.

Digital innovation in agriculture is at the forefront of change in Senegal. Organic producers need action-oriented approaches in order to improve and promote digital technologies. FAO and its partners, through the EU-funded TAP-AIS project, have been providing continued support in Senegal during its agroecological transition.

Eight African Union (AU) member countries are in the process of conducting thorough data collection activities and a series of intense trainings to gear up for comprehensive assessments and evaluations as part of a 5-million-euro project funded by the European Union to improve food safety and phytosanitary systems.

A delegation from the European Parliament’s Committee on Development travelled to Senegal to assess the European Union’s development portfolio in the country. The focus areas of the mission included vaccine development, EU support to the Great Green Wall (GGW),climate adaptation of coastal communities, sustainable fisheries and equal opportunities.

On the 3rd and 4th of May 2023, following up with the recommendation of the general secretariat for the council of ministers ,a high-level mission from the Ministry of Agriculture, the directorate of Women in the Prime Minister's undersecretary office, members of the executive committee for women empowerment, and the Food and Agriculture Organization in Iraq (FAO) visited various project activities in Nineveh Governorate.

102 students received scholarships to be trained in veterinary medicine and animal husbandry courses in an event held in Mogadishu this week. The initiative allows the scholars to study at the Somali National University in Mogadishu and is supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the European Union (EU) through the ‘Resilient Fisheries and Livestock Value Chain for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Somalia’ (RAAISE) project. 

Kyiv – Rural households, smallholder farmers and small-scale agricultural enterprises will benefit from a $15.5 million project funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support the functioning, reinforcement and strengthening of value chains in agriculture, fisheries and forestry, and their adaptation to the wartime conditions.