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Los proyectos de cooperación Sur-Sur, +Algodón, en ejecución en países de América Latina; Algodón con Trabajo Decente, en ejecución en Paraguay, Perú, Malí y Mozambique; y Shire-Zambeze, en ejecución en Mozambique y Malawi, promueven el webinar Juntos Somos Más Algodón, en celebración del Día Mundial del Algodón - América Latina y África, el 7 de octubre (15h Chile/Brasil/Paraguay/Argentina; 13h. Ecuador/Colombia/ Perú; 20h. Mozambique). 

Rome/Brussels - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and CropLife International today renewed and strengthened their commitment to work together and find new ways to transform agri-food systems and promote rural development through on the ground investment and innovation.

For rural women and men, land ownership is crucial to support agriculture production and to ensure the food and economic security of their households. Secure ownership and control of land also has an important positive effect on women’s empowerment: secure land tenure is associated with higher levels of investment and productivity in agriculture, which in turn lead to higher income and greater economic well-being for women and their households. Where women are able to own or control land, they are less likely to depend on male relatives for economic security. Land rights also offer women greater bargaining power within their...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed a partnership agreement with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie, recognizing parliamentarians as key actors in the fight to end hunger, malnutrition and rural poverty.The 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report paints a sobering picture: with just a decade to go to the endpoint of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the number of people affected by hunger and all forms of malnutrition continues to rise. The world is not on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030, and if...

Building on a history of successful collaboration, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Université Laval have renewed their partnership for another three years. The joint work together will continue to advance progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on the areas of agroforestry, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and food security and nutrition.Based in Quebec City, Université Laval is one of Canada’s largest universities and a leader in research and innovation. The university’s contribution to the field of sustainable development has also been widely recognized; it is ranked 4th in the...

On 16 September, the United Nations Rome-based agencies − the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), IFAD and the World Food Programme (WFP) − celebrated the 2020 UN Day for South-South Cooperation with a virtual event hosted by IFAD. The theme for the celebration was The role of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the transformation of food systems, in view of COVID-19.

22 September 2020, Rome - FAO welcomed an announcement today by Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China, that his country will support the UN agency's South-South Cooperation (SSC) efforts with an additional $50 million in funding. "We are very grateful for this new $50 million contribution announced by President Xi, as it provides a strong boost to the work of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme," FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said.

روما – أصبح بوسع أي شخص في أي مكان الاطلاع على خرائط وإحصاءات متعددة الأبعاد تظهر الاتجاهات المناخية والبيئية الرئيسية حيثما وجدت، وذلك بفضل أداة جديدة وضعتها غوغل بالاشتراك مع منظمة الأغذية والزراعة.

FAO South-South Cooperation project began in late 2019 between China and Madagascar. Chinese experts on rice production came to Madagascar to introduce a greater-yielding type of rice, as well as to provide training to farmers on how to grow and harvest it.

عُمان – وقعت منظمة الأغذية والزراعة (الفاو) ومركز الزبير للمؤسسات الصغيرة مذكرة تفاهم تشمل التعاون في مجال تعزيز دور المؤسسات الصغيرة والمتوسطة ضمن جهود تطوير النظم الغذائية المستدامة وتحقيق الأمن الغذائي في السلطنة. وتعد هذه المبادرة مثالًا على أهمية التعاون ما بين الجهات المختلفة لتحقيق الأهداف التي حددتها خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام 2030.قام بتوقيع مذكرة التفاهم سعادة نورة أورابح حداد، ممثلة منظمة الأغذية والزراعة في سلطنة عمان والزبير بن محمد الزبير، نائب رئيس مجلس إدارة مؤسسة الزبير، بحضور ممثلين عن الفريق الإداري من الطرفين.تدرك منظمة الأغذية والزراعة ومركز الزبير للمؤسسات الصغيرة – وهو أحد المبادرات المجتمعية...