Noticias
![Sierra Leone and FAO sign groundbreaking South-South and Triangular Cooperation Unilateral Trust Fund Agreement to boost the country’s rice sector](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_pro-k0dOHJvq.jpeg)
South-south Cooperation
22 Mar 2024
22 March 2024 Freetown -The Government of Sierra Leone and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have today signed an agreement through a Unilateral Trust Fund (UTF) that marks a pivotal step towards transforming the rice sector in the country.
The UTF funding modality allows developing and middle-income countries to benefit from FAO’s technical expertise through funds provided by the beneficiary countries themselves, either from national resources or from the proceeds of loans, credits and grants made available by international financial institutions (IFIs) or bilateral resource partners.![FAO and COPROFAM strike new agreement supporting peasant Indigenous and family farmers](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_COPROFAM.jpg)
Civil Society
21 Mar 2024
A five-year Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations seeks to strengthen technical capacities, promote dialogues on public policy, enhance participation and jointly mobilize resources
Against the backdrop of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Confederation of Family Producer Organizations of Expanded Mercosur (COPROFAM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Georgetown, Guyana in March 2024.
The partnership...![How can FAO and Civil Society Organizations engage better?](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_PierPaoloCito.jpg)
Civil Society
19 Mar 2024
Partnerships are core to FAO’s strategy to achieve its objectives, and as part of this work, FAO has significantly strengthened its connections with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) over the past few years. Since the launch of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31, which calls for transformative partnerships to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), FAO is pursuing strategic engagement with CSOs, capitalizing on their breadth and diversity of expertise and characteristics, necessary to transforming agrifood systems and overcoming complex global challenges.
FAO seeks close collaboration with CSOs...![FAO Conducts Training in Tanzania for Sustainable Rice Production with Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute and Sustainable Rice Platform](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Participants-carry-out-modified-mat-nursery-preparation_-implementing-best-practices-learned-during-the-training-(1).DNG.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
18 Mar 2024
18/03/2024 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), successfully concluded a capacity-building training for sustainable rice production in Morogoro, Tanzania. The training took place from February 29 to March 7, 2024, and saw the active participation of over 65 individuals, including researchers, agricultural extension officers, and smallholder rice farmers from various districts.![Afghanistan: the food security situation is improving but the crisis is far from over](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_uf15rnx-po_afg_2024019_0050-(1)m.jpg)
Resource Partners
15 Mar 2024
Rome - Afghanistan is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s (FAO) single largest country programme, where it continues to carry out its operations despite the ongoing political instability. The Organization has over 400 employees on the ground and is present in every one of the 34 provinces in the country.
The food security situation remains alarming with over 15 million people or 36 percent of the population...