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![Support for agriculture in Syria critical with massive food insecurity adding to suffering](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_3db86b0503.jpg)
Resource Partners
04 Feb 2016
London donor conference: FAO asks for $87 million to support farming, livelihoods and help prevent further migration
4 February 2016, Rome - As world leaders met in London today to raise funds in support of millions of people affected by the ongoing conflict in Syria, FAO stressed the urgent need to help farming families produce food to meet basic needs.
Within Syria, 8.7 million are in need of food security assistance, out of an estimated 13.5 million people who continue to be in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
"It is clear that imported food assistance alone cannot feed the country -- that's why maintaining food production amidst this conflict is so critical," said FAO Assistant Director-General Laurent Thomas today.
...![FAO and Russia deepen cooperation to improve access to land tenure security](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_ff9747f0e9.jpg)
Resource Partners
26 Jan 2016
Project aimed at simplifying property registration in the country yields tangible results
26 January 2015, Rome - Russia's Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr) and FAO have agreed to enhance their cooperation aimed at improving the governance of land tenure.
During a meeting in Rome, organized by the UN agency, the World Bank and Rosreestr, the parties discussed good practices and key success factors in improving tenure security, as well as joint cooperation for the implementation of FAO's Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (Voluntary Guidelines). ![New DFID-FAO agreement paves way for stronger easier collaboration](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_da010a160e.jpg)
Resource Partners
21 Dec 2015
Supports ongoing and future work on food security, climate adaptation, forests
21 December 2015, Rome - The Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DfID) and FAO are strengthening their partnership with a new agreement that will benefit future collaborations on a multitude of fronts.
"FAO and DFID share a vision for a world where communities are food secure, their productive assets are protected and the world's natural resources are managed sustainably," FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, said today.
"Thanks to the UK's ongoing support to many areas of FAO's work, we have been able to build toward that vision together and will now be able to do so more strategically...![Google and FAO partner to make remote sensing data more efficient and accessible](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Google4.jpg)
Private Sector
01 Dec 2015
Partnership enhances ability to assess changing forest and to estimate greenhouse gas emissions
Google Maps and FAO have agreed to work closely together to make geospatial tracking and mapping products more accessible, providing a high-technology assist to countries tackling climate change and much greater capacity to experts developing forest and land-use policies.
Digital technology tapping into satellite imagery is revolutionizing the way countries can assess, monitor and plan the use of their natural resources, including monitoring deforestation and desertification.
"For FAO, this is not just a partnership. This is a strategic alliance," said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, noting it combines FAO's global effort to combat climate change with Google's commitment to help on the...![Working with farmers for a better nutrition](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_WFO_Conference_maribel.jpg)
Cooperatives
27 Nov 2015
The Second Conference “Seeding Nutrition Harvesting Health” organized by the World Farmers’ Organization took place in FAO Headquarters
27 November 2015, Rome. The Second Conference “Seeding Nutrition Harvesting Health” organized by the World Farmers’ Organization took place yesterday in FAO Headquarters. The conference focused on the role of farmers to ensure better nutrition and the importance of education in nutrition for youth and the future generations.
Farmers’ role in nutrition
“Farmers are the stewards of biodiversity. They play a critical and catalytical role to provide food resources for the planet. However, their role is often underestimated,” stated Marco Marzano de Marinis, Secretary-General of the World Farmers’ Organization (WFO) during his opening of the...