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![Innovative strategies for addressing the dual challenges of covid-19 and fertilizer crisis in Ugandan agriculture through capacity development on sustainable soil management](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_ffd1d34192.jpg)
09 May 2023
Agriculture plays a critical role in Uganda, where the majority of the population depends on it for their livelihoods. However, unsustainable soil management practices, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and fertilizer crisis, have led to soil degradation and declining crop production.![Phytosanitary capacity development significantly strengthened under the IPPC FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_chinaprjnews2-800x400.jpg)
20 Apr 2023
Rome, 20 April 2023. Members of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat, multiple FAO divisions and contracting party representatives met to mark the progress made, to date, on the IPPC Global Project on Capacity Development implemented by the IPPC under the framework of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme.![Boosting Small Island Developing States’ ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_rsz_1fao_25048_0111.jpg)
18 Apr 2023
$5 million from FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme will assist in building more resilient agrifood systems
Geneva/Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today announced the launch of a new $5 million project supported by the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme to assist Small Island Developing States (SIDS) strengthen their capacities and tackle common development challenges.![The Second Global Parliamentary Summit Against Hunger and Malnutrition to be held in Chile in June 2023](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Valparaiso.jpg)
07 Apr 2023
The hybrid Summit will take place on 15 and 16 June 2023 at the National Congress building in Valparaíso, Chile.
As the world faces conflicts, a climate crisis, COVID-19 and the depletion of natural resources, parliamentary action to tackle hunger and malnutrition is critical. Parliamentarians – with their powers to draft and adopt legislation, approve public budgets and monitor the implementation of public policies and government commitments – are well placed to ensure that food security and nutrition are prioritized on national political and legislative agendas.
To look at the way forward through parliamentary action, FAO, together with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in close collaboration with the Chilean government, the Spanish Parliament, the National Congress of Chile and the Parliamentary Front against Hunger...![MEV-CAM reaches Latin America!](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_medium_Best--Day-1-5.png)
03 Apr 2023
03/04/2023 The FAO Dryland team’s MEV-CAM initiative kicked off its expansion into Latin America with a four-day training course on process documentation methods, its first-ever workshop held virtually.
Eleven participants from six Latin American countries with Monitoring & Evaluation, technical and communications backgrounds attended the training, gaining valuable insight into the use of innovative tools to approach process documentation, knowledge management, and a participatory way to complement monitoring and evaluation on the ground. Over the course of four sessions, trainees gained a solid background and overview of how to implement MEV-CAM’s methods, which put the participation of local communities at the forefront...