Архив
![El etiquetado de alimentos una herramienta clave para lograr dietas saludables](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_19172384562_43878c5ab4_k.jpg)
Partnerships
26 May 2016
Chile promulga una nueva ley de etiquetado de alimentos pionera en el mundo
Roma, 26 de mayo de 2016. “El derecho a saber es fundamental para que la gente pueda saber lo que come y tomar decisiones informadas para alcanzar una dieta saludable”, decía el senador Guido Girard Lavín en la sede de la FAO en la presentación de la nueva ley de etiquetado de alimentos de Chile, que entrará en vigor este próximo mes de junio, después de haber iniciado su tramitación hace casi diez años y tras haber librado una gran lucha y negociación con la industria alimentaria.
La lucha
Fue en 2007...![Jornada de reflexión para una inversión responsable en la agricultura: buenas prácticas empresariales](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_UPM_buenas prácticas.jpg)
Private Sector
24 May 2016
Madrid, 24 de mayo de 2016. “Una Inversión responsable en la agricultura: Buenas prácticas empresariales” fue el tema de debate en el Aula Magna de la facultad de Ingeniería Agrónoma de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), que se ha realizado en el marco del convenio FAO-UPM, coordinado por el grupo GESPLAN (Grupo de investigación en planificación y gestión sostenible del desarrollo rurla-local), para contribuir a la divulgación y aplicación de los principios de inversión agrícola responsable (IAR) aprobados por el Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria en 2014.
La jornada
La jornada comenzó con la conferencia...![FAO and Grupo TRAGSA of Spain join forces to fight illegal fishing and improve animal health and production systems](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Firma_Tragsa_cropped.jpg)
Private Sector
17 May 2016
This collaboration will contribute to the development of small enterprises related to food processing in developing countries.
17 May 2016, Rome. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Grupo TRAGSA signed today a Memorandum of Understanding forming a three-year partnership to jointly fight against illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. Under the agreement, the parties’ will collaborate on the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, refrigerated transport and supply vessels, as well as capacity building for inspectors, traceability systems, and awareness raising campaigns.
Animal health and production is the second axis of this collaboration. Both FAO and Grupo TRAGSA recognize that to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), livestock and food systems practices must...![South-South Cooperation](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_24828_042.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
16 May 2016
May 2016, New York - “Global demand for South-South and Triangular Cooperation is at an all-time high,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations in New York during a High Level Committee on South-South Cooperation held at the UN Headquarters on May 16.
“Countries in the South have much to share given their recent experiences in overcoming development challenges where one country context can readily relate to another,” she added.
South-South Cooperation (SSC) is the mutual sharing and exchange of development solutions - knowledge, experiences and good practices, policies, technology and resources - between and among countries...![European Union and FAO to step up efforts to combat illegal timber trade](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_15781217965_46e15f005b_z.jpg)
Resource Partners
13 May 2016
$30m initiative aims at empowering smallholder wood producers, reducing poverty
13 May 2016, Rome - The European Union (EU) and FAO have agreed to step up joint efforts to support tropical timber producing countries in curbing illegal logging, improving forest governance and promoting the trade of legally sourced timber. Doing so is expected to not only reduce the environmental impacts of illegal logging and mitigate climate change but will also boost the incomes and food security of forest communities by improving access to domestic and international wood markets.
A $30 million funding agreement was formalized here today by Veronique Lorenzo of the European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development,...