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24 Oct 2019
Second annual report stresses the need for continued investments and partnerships to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and deliver a resounding impact on the ground
The second edition of FAO’s resource mobilization annual report, Resources, Partnerships, Impact – 2019, seeks to communicate, in a transparent and accountable way, who FAO is, what we do, and how we work with diverse United Nations and other partners to achieve...
23 Oct 2019
Today the EU, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a €40 million, five-year programme (FISH4ACP) to boost the development of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
23 Oct 2019
2019 marks the Tenth Anniversary of the establishment of the FAO-China SSC Programme. FAO is organizing a 3-day event in Kampala, Uganda, from 25-27 November 2019, to commemorate this anniversary and celebrate its main achievements.
Officials and experts from all over the world will gather to discuss results, innovations, impacts and lessons learned from the first 10 years of the FAO-China SSC Programme and define a new vision/approach for the future.
The digitalization of agriculture and the proposal of agricultural solutions through digital platforms are two of the innovations that will be discussed at the event, during a series of interactive panel...
23 Oct 2019
Partnership will contribute to making supply chains for healthy fresh produce efficient and equitable
Rome - FAO and the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) have agreed to renew and strengthen their partnership with an eye to globally reducing food loss and waste and assure supplies of healthy and fresh food in an increasingly urbanized world.
The WUWM is a non-profit association representing more than 160 wholesale...
21 Oct 2019
Durante la conmemoración del Día Mundial de la Alimentación, 80 participantes en intercambio de conocimientos se pronuncian por impulsar el consumo y dar valor agregado a productos de la pequeña agricultura.
Ciudad de México. Treinta organizaciones de productores forestales y agrícolas de Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Filipinas, Ghana, Guatemala, Kenia, México, Nicaragua y Togo, quienes de manera colectiva representan alrededor de 725 mil productores, se reunieron en Cuetzalan, Puebla, México, del 8 al 16 de octubre en el Intercambio La Canasta de Productos: Hacia cadenas de valor inclusivas de sistemas agroforestales y ancestrales.