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Resource Partners
14 May 2018
Originaire d’Amérique, la chenille légionnaire d’automne « Spodoptera Frugiperda », est un insecte très vorace qui s’attaque à plusieurs cultures, notamment le maïs, le blé, le millet, le riz nourritures de base des populations. La propagation de ce ravageur représente une réelle menace pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle des populations. Au Cameroun, la chenille légionnaire d’automne a été signalée dans toutes les...![Legislators in Africa address food security and nutrition challenges](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_PAPAFSN_midrand.jpg)
Parliamentary alliances
14 May 2018
14 May 2018, Midrand, South Africa — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is strengthening the capacity of Africa Legislators to address food security and nutrition challenges on the continent.This follows a Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) signed between FAO and Pan Africa Parliament titled “Strengthening capacities of Parliamentarians in Africa for an enabling environment for Food Security and Nutrition”, last October 2017.Various stakeholders, including Members of the Pan-African Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (PAPA – FSN) and a...Resource Partners
10 May 2018
The first National Coordination Council on land degradation and desertification, with up to 100 experts from the Government of Ukraine, regional state administrations and international organizations, opened here last week. All the participants agreed on a joint approach to contain runaway land degradation, which has been threatening national food and water supplies in the country.![Francophonie Parliamentarian Assembly holds its Cooperation and Development Commission in FAO Headquarters](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_2_12153i0029.jpg)
Parliamentary alliances
10 May 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted the Commission for Cooperation and Development of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonies (APF) at its headquarters on 3 and 4 May 2018, attended by nearly fifty parliamentarians from around fifteen countries.
During the opening ceremony, Ms. Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director General of FAO, emphasized "the essential role of policy makers, including members of parliaments, in establishing enabling institutional, legal and policy frameworks" towards achieving the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, recalling that...![Debate político sobre agroecología en el Parlamento Europeo con la participación de la FAO](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_IMG_6949mod.jpg)
Parliamentary alliances
10 May 2018
El 20 de marzo, la Alianza del Parlamento Europeo para la Lucha contra el Hambre, la eurodiputada Maria Heubuch y la Oficina de Enlace de la FAO con la Unión Europea y Bélgica (FAOLOB) copatrocinaron, con la participación de la Comisión Europea, un debate de diálogo sobre políticas titulado "Agroecología : Oportunidades y desafíos para la política de desarrollo europea ", que se celebró en el Parlamento Europeo.
En sus comentarios introductorios, la Sra. Heubuch destacó la "importancia y oportunidad de este diálogo de políticas sobre agroecología", que tuvo lugar en el período previo al 2º Simposio Internacional sobre Agroecología que...