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![FAO and University of Chile will promote sustainable development in the agri-food sector](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_fe86b99674[1].jpg)
Fao-Academia
14 Jan 2019
New agreement will foster knowledge-sharing and technology transfer to address climate change and food security
![FAO and IFPRI Rising to the Challenge of Ending Hunger and Malnutrition](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_IFPRI.jpg)
Fao-Academia
20 Dec 2018
Improving food security and nutrition is critical to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but the world is not on track to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030. All actors must accelerate progress in transforming agri-food systems to meet the needs of the hungry and malnourished.
To address this challenge, on 28-30 November 2018 FAO and IFPRI organized a global event in Bangkok to accelerate progress to end hunger and nutrition....![New USD 31 million contribution agreement between FAO and Sweden to transform lives for rural communities and boost sustainable development](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Sida contribution to FAO 2018.png)
Resource Partners
19 Dec 2018
On 12 December 2018, Sweden, through the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), agreed to support FAO projects and programmes over the next four years with SEK 280 million (USD 31 million*). This contribution will bolster the FAO Medium Term Plan 2018-21 and related programme of work and budget, as well as specific programmes designed to enhance the livelihoods of rural women, youth and small-scale fishing communities, and promote the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
Sweden committed SEK 148 million to the revitalized phase of FAO’s Flexible Multi-partner Mechanism** (FMM), a pooled mechanism established...![FAO and Belgium discuss next steps in their long and fruitful partnership](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_FAO+Belgium_bilateral consultations_Dec2018.jpg)
Resource Partners
13 Dec 2018
Today, at FAO headquarters in Rome, representatives of FAO met with the Directorate General of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid of the Kingdom of Belgium during the bi-annual, bilateral consultations. The partners took stock of results, challenges, and opportunities, and outlined common priorities for the next two years, building on best practices and good experiences ‘on the ground’. A particular focus was put on strengthening the collaboration with private partners and on innovation.
In a results-oriented and constructive meeting, FAO and Belgium covered a wide range of topics, such as:
development and humanitarian results achieved in the Belgian Cooperation’s focus countries;
multi-partner coordination...![New FAO-China South-South Cooperation Project Launched to Strengthen Fruit Value Chain in Sri Lanka](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_foto SRI.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
06 Dec 2018
6 December 2018, Rome. The signing ceremony of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Tripartite Agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the People’s Republic of China, and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka took place at FAO headquarters on 6 December 2018. The aim of this South-South Cooperation project is to help Sri Lanka boost the production and commercialization of fruit crops among the value chain actors in the country.