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![Fiji partners with FAO and the European Union to build resilient and food secure communities](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Fiji.jpg)
Resource Partners
18 Apr 2018
The project is part of an initiative supporting countries and regions prone to El Nino’s impacts
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Fiji have agreed to collaborate on a project to strengthen the resilience of communities vulnerable to extreme weather events and climate change.![African cities tackle food and nutrition security challenges](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_medium_24753_9843 - 1.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
18 Apr 2018
Meeting discusses threats brought about by rapid urbanization
18 April 2018, Durban – More than half of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) population could be living in urban areas by 2050 posing huge challenges for poor towns and cities, which already face challenges such as poverty and inequalities. These are coupled with growing levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in a context of high vulnerability to climate change.
In preparation for the challenges attendant to rapid urbanization, some SSA local authorities have started implementing initiatives that improve food security and nutrition through ‘city to city’ collaboration and South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC). These initiatives will see all actors in the...![FAO facilitates exchanges between Uganda’s parliamentarians and RUFORUM on food security and nutrition](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_24867_849A2706.jpg)
Parliamentary alliances
17 Apr 2018
On 17 April, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) facilitated a conversation between the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), with whom FAO signed a Memorandum of Understanding in October 2017, and Members of Parliament (MPs) of Uganda, to seek the possibility in developing joint research proposals reflecting needs and demands of MPs for opportunities such as the African Union research grants. The meeting was hosted by FAO Uganda and jointly organized by FAO Headquarters and FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF).
This discussion also aimed at increasing mutual understanding between...Parliamentary alliances
12 Apr 2018
Brazzaville – The Parliament of the Republic of Congo has launched with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and in the presence of national and international institutions, its Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. The official ceremony brought together almost all the members of the Congolese Parliamentary Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security (APCSAN) consisting of all deputies and senators.
For Isidore Mvouba, President of the National Assembly and active president of the Congolese Parliamentary Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security (APSCAN), this structure will advocate with government and development...Resource Partners
05 Apr 2018
The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 500 000 to fight the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and fall armyworm (FAW) in the Republic of Zimbabwe. The project, being rolled out...![FAO helps Bolivian smallholder farmers produce sustainable world-class cocoa](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Mario Choque =Ceibo Credit Andrée-Anne Côté-St-Laurent.png)
Private Sector
04 Apr 2018
The chocolate reaches the Italian market thanks to an agreement with Autogrill and Altromercato
Bolivia is a country of spectacular landscapes and profoundly diverse environments. North of the capital La Paz, in a region called Alto Beni, right where the Andes give way to Amazon forest, FAO is working with a community of Andean people that cultivate a world-famous cocoa variety, the "Criollo" cocoa, renowned for its nutritional values. ![Signing Ceremony of four projects between Tunisia and FAO at the Ministry of Agriculture of Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_medium_Hydraulic.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
30 Mar 2018
"The promotion of solar energy for irrigation, sustainable water management, the development of an investment and foresight plan for the olive sector and a South-South Cooperation Framework with Morocco"
Tunis: Mr Samir Taieb, Minister of Agriculture of Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries, and Mr Michael Hage, FAO Coordinator for North Africa and Representative for Tunisia, signed three projects and a Tripartite South-South Cooperation Agreement during a ceremony at Ministry headquarters today. Through these signatures, FAO is strengthening its technical support and continuing to support the country in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals while also meeting the priorities of the national agricultural sector. Key sectors such as water, irrigation, olive oil and agricultural development occupy a prominent place in the activities and programs to be implemented.
The project on promoting solar energy...![Signing Ceremony of four projects between Tunisia and FAO at the Ministry of Agriculture of Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Tunisia and Morocco.jpg)
Resource Partners
30 Mar 2018
"The promotion of solar energy for irrigation, sustainable water management, the development of an investment and foresight plan for the olive sector and a South-South Cooperation Framework with Morocco"
![FAO helps Ukrainian farmers get prepared for the next planting season](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Seed_Donetsk.jpg)
Resource Partners
27 Mar 2018
Some 1 250 rural households residing along the contact line in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine are receiving seed potatoes this week from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This is the second round of FAO’s vegetable seed distribution aimed at helping farmers get ready for the planting campaign now under way in eastern Ukraine.Resource Partners
26 Mar 2018
A programme that helps rural women in Kyrgyzstan gain access to new economic opportunities has received significant financial support from the Swedish government.