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![The Network of Central African Parliamentary Alliances on Food and Nutrition Security puts into action recommendations from the Brazzaville Forum](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_IMG-20200128-WA0008.jpg)
11 Feb 2020
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo - The Secretary-General of the newly-formed Network of Central African Parliamentary Alliances on Food and Nutrition Security (RAPAC-SAN) undertook a first mission to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, supported by the National Assembly of Gabon, the FAO sub-regional office for Central Africa and the FAO office in the Congo. RAPAC-SAN was created during the Forum of Parliamentarians of Central Africa on Food and Nutrition Security, which was held in Brazzaville from November 19-21, and presided over by His Excellency Denis Sassou-N’Guesso, President of the Republic of the Congo.
Following the recommendations of the Brazzaville Forum, the Secretary-General of...![The Africa Solidarity Trust Fund donates $1 million to efforts to combat Desert Locust in East Africa](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_kenya--locusts-web.jpg)
07 Feb 2020
Funding is a timely boost to FAO’s work with governments to combat the destructive pest
The Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF)![Longstanding partnership forges ahead with strategic dialogue between France and FAO](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_3_©FAO-Ryanwil-Baldovino-banner.jpg)
04 Feb 2020
FAO and France Partnership
Rome - A strategic dialogue between France and FAO will take place from the 5th to6th of February 2020. The high-level meeting will take place at FAO’s headquarters in Rome, and will focus on the collaboration between FAO and, for France: the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Agriculture and Food (MAA), as well as the French research institutions INRAE, CIRAD, AGREENIUM and IRD.
The two days of dialogue - one dedicated to the research institutes and the second to the...![Japan and FAO to scale up smart agriculture and transform global nutrition](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_field-rice.jpg)
03 Feb 2020
FAO and Japan’s Fourth Annual Strategic Consultation focuses on mutual support, private sector engagement, and cutting-edge solutions
![FAO-Roma Tre University partnership: generating evidence-based analysis to support inclusion and resilience of small-scale family farmers](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_49468552121_b8e730ec5f_k.jpg)
31 Jan 2020
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Roma Tre University showcased findings from a joint study on producer organizations, highlighting strategies that can be used to ensure the inclusion of poor family farmers in cooperatives and producer organizations (POs). The study, which ran from 2018-2019, contributes both to FAO Strategic Objective 3 – Reduce rural poverty, and Pillar 4 of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming, Strengthen family farmers’ organizations and capacities to generate knowledge, represent farmers and provide inclusive services in the urban-rural continuum.
Masters students from Roma Tre undertook fieldwork...