Архив
![FAO and UNICEF partner to show how social protection can end extreme poverty](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_pic_FAO-UNICEF.jpg)
Resource Partners
24 Aug 2017
The two UN Organizations join forces to prove common perceptions on cash transfers are wrong, showing how social protection can help achieve SDG1 and SDG2.
FAO and UNICEF are strengthening their partnership to promote the expansion of social protection as one pathway out of poverty. A new joint study refutes some of the misperceptions and criticisms around cash transfers in the context of sub-Saharan Africa, the region currently home for three quarters of world’s extreme-poor. These myths include: “cash is wasted on alcohol and tobacco”, “transfers are just hand-outs”, “cash creates dependency”, “transfers lead to negative economic...![Syrian refugees host communities acquire work skills in agriculture](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_medium_17aug.jpg)
Resource Partners
17 Aug 2017
A new FAO project targets Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey, for development of vocational skills in the agriculture sector. The aim is to provide employment opportunities for some 900 people in five provinces of Southern Turkey: Adana, Gaziantep, Isparta, Mersin and Sanliurfa.
With a budget of US$ 1.7 million, the project is financed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with Turkey’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock as lead executing partner and FAO as implementing agency.![FAO engages stakeholders in South-South Cooperation approach to boost rice production in Africa](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_2_Fil RIz (4).jpg)
South-south Cooperation
10 Aug 2017
![FAO partners with Libya to boost the country’s national capacities in the agricultural sector](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_IMG_2426.jpg)
Resource Partners
10 Aug 2017
The Government of Libya has signed a USD 3.5 million agreement with FAO to strengthen its technical and functional national capacities in agriculture. The project aims to build capacities and to ensure more efficient and effective governmental agricultural support services to achieve greater synergies and impacts.
After hydrocarbons, agriculture is the second most important sector in Libya’s economy. However, the socio-economic and environmental settings in which the agricultural sector operates present a number of challenges, such as low productivity and climate conditions, characterized by little and fluctuating rainfall, limited water resources and poor irrigation systems.
“Libya has recognized the fundamental role of...![FAO and Australian government continue efforts to improve food security in Balochistan](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_AusABBA II_pict.jpg)
Resource Partners
09 Aug 2017
A range of problems in the agriculture sector in South Western border districts of Balochistan will be addressed simultaneously capturing some specific opportunities in the agriculture sector through the Australia Balochistan Agri-business Programme-Phase Two (AusABBA II) .