Noticias

26 November 2014, New York - The promotion of development around the world is no longer based solely on developed countries helping developing ones, according to a senior official of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

19 November 2014, Washington D.C. - Hundreds of representatives from the southern hemisphere of the world gathered in the United States today to discuss ways to improve the lives of developing nations through sustainable agriculture. CCTV America’s Frances Kuo reported this story from Washington D.C...

Malnutrition is one of the greatest threats to people’s health and well-being. It imposes unacceptably high health, social and economic costs, especially on women, children and the elderly, and more broadly on families and society. Improving nutrition, and ensuring everyone has access to a healthy diet, is not the responsibility of the individual alone. Nutrition is a public issue that must be addressed primarily by governments, in collaboration with other stakeholders including civil society, the private sector and academia. In this partnership framework, FAO especially welcomes the support of Italian transport giants Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), Ferrovie dello Stato...

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today urged lawmakers from around the world meeting in Rome to play their part in transforming into positive results the commitments to provide healthier diets for all people which governments are expected to adopt at this week's global nutrition conference. The FAO Director-General was speaking at a meeting organized in Rome by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) which represents lawmakers from over 170 countries. Improving nutrition requires a collective effort. It requires well-designed laws that improve food systems, ensure healthy diets and strengthen school meals. It also requires adequate public budgets and it calls for...

2nd meeting of the organizing committee on access to land calls for civil society organizations and governmental institutions to mobilize and launch global debate on land tenure and investment agreements    The International Organizing Committee of the World Forum on Access to Land and Natural Resources (WFAL) held its second meeting at FAO’s headquarters in Rome earlier this month, encouraging a discussion on solutions to help improve poor farmers’ access to land, water and natural resources.   Signatories of the WFAL call for a global forum on the subject to be held next year to...

31 de octubre 2014, Roma - Desde la aprobación de las estrategias de la FAO para la Asociaciones con Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil y el Sector Privado en abril de 2013, la FAO ha formalizado 54 acuerdos con actores no estatales. La lista completa de las asociaciones de la FAO con los actores no estatales, incluyendo su relación con los objetivos estratégicos y los primeros avances en su implementación, se puede encontrar aquí. "Con una participación sólida de las unidades técnicas y las oficinas descentralizadas, hemos...

30 de octubre de 2014, Roma – El Comité Internacional de Planificación para la Soberanía Alimentaria (CIP) y FAO dieron un paso adelante en su larga relación de colaboración mutual. Representantes de la plataforma y FAO celebraron hoy una reunión técnica en el marco del acuerdo de asociación renovado para debatir cómo abrir nuevos espacios de participación inclusiva y diálogo en áreas temáticas clave como tierra, pesca, agroecología, ganadería, pastoreo y pueblos indígenas. “CIP aporta capacidades clave y experiencia en las actividades normativas y el diálogo político...

29 de ocutubre de 2014, Rome – FAO y La Via Campesina (LVC), uno de los movimientos sociales más grandes en todo el mundo, se reunieron hoy en la sede central de la FAO en Roma para identificar nuevas áreas concretas de colaboración para reforzar su acuerdo de asociación, que se formalizó en octubre de 2013 a través de un intercambio de cartas. “Esta reunión es el resultado del trabajo duro que FAO y La Via Campesina han realizado para poner sobre la...

15 October 2015, Rome - China has announced a $50 million donation to FAO to support the Organization's program of "South-South Cooperation" to improve food security and promote sustainable agricultural development over the next five years...

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, today urged private sector representatives to contribute to the creation of conditions that ensure responsible investments in food production and agriculture. “Investment is a private decision. It’s your decision. You are the only ones responsible for investments, which however need an enabling environment,” the FAO Director-General said speaking to members of the Private Sector Mechanism partnership attending the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in Rome. “Help these principles become part of the environment considered necessary for investment,” Graziano da Silva said, referring to the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (RAI) that were...