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This brochure has been jointly developed to showcase concrete examples of how the RBAs promote South-South initiatives at the country level. Focusing on the theme of the joint celebration of the 2019 UN Day for South-South Cooperation, leaving no one behind in achieving SDG 2, the cases highlight opportunities to enhance collaboration in the fight against hunger and malnutrition to realize Zero Hunger by 2030. 

Ce rapport présente les travaux d’un atelier intitulé «Plateforme d’échange de connaissances: renforcer la cohérence entre l’agriculture et la protection sociale pour promouvoir la résilience en Afrique francophone», tenu du 27 au 19 novembre 2018 à Dakar (Sénégal) et organisé par la Délégation générale à la protection sociale et à la solidarité nationale (DGPSN). L’atelier a encouragé une coordination intersectorielle et une meilleure cohérence afin de renforcer de manière plus efficace la résilience et soutenir des moyens d’existence durables afin de réduire la pauvreté rurale. L’atelier a été conjointement organisé par les Divisions de la Coopération Sud-Sud (SSC)...

As a country with a population of over 1.3 billion people, China has always attached great importance to food and agricultural development. After resuming its membership of FAO in 1973, the country has been maintaining a close cooperation with the Organization.

Countries in Africa have made renewed commitments to end hunger, such as in the Malabo Declaration of 2014, the SDGs of 2016 and other international and regional declarations. If these are supported by effective legislation, including constitutional protection, the future economic, social and cultural benefit to the continent is evident. This series of legal briefs, designed for parliamentarians in Africa, addresses topics such as the right to adequate food, legislating for food and nutrition in schools, governance of tenure, responsible investment in agriculture and food systems, improving nutrition and eradicating rural poverty.

Since the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), France has been an active and generous partner, working closely with the Organization in support of shared food security and agricultural development goals. France’s support is characterized on the one hand by its financial contributions and the secondment of high-level French technical experts, and on the other by its efforts to strengthen the place of agriculture and food issues amongst the priorities of the international community, as well as create inclusive global governance that promotes the participation of all relevant actors at the global, regional and...