Noticias
Fao-Academia
30 Mar 2017
Focus is on food security and helping poor farmers by enhancing crop resilience and adapting to climate change
FAO and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have agreed to cooperate more closely to support sustainable rice production in developing countries to improve food security and livelihoods while safeguarding natural resources.
An agreement signed today seeks to better pool the scientific knowledge and technical know-how of the two organizations so that they can expand and intensify their work globally.
The partnership primarily aims to enhance sustainable rice-based farming systems through capacity building activities - including assisting governments draw up and implement national and regional policies and strategies - to the benefit of small-scale farmers, especially women.
"The world faces very significant...
Resource Partners
28 Mar 2017
By pooling the ideas and knowledge of technical experts, partners, and concerned national institutions, Kyrgyzstan aims to prepare a high-quality proposal for financing by the Green Climate Fund. A three-day national facilitation workshop on Green Climate Fund readiness and project formulation – hosted and organized by Kyrgyzstan’s State Agency on environmental Protection and Forestry and FAO – opens today at the Park Hotel in Bishkek.
Resource Partners
27 Mar 2017
Una colaboración con la Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates
El pasado noviembre, la FAO firmó un acuerdo de subvención por valor de 10,5 millones de USD con la Fundación Gates dirigido a fortalecer la capacidad de los países para recolectar datos sobre agricultura y seguridad alimentaria, así como realizar un seguimiento del ciclo de inversiones-proceso-resultados que permite el logro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenibles.
Resource Partners
24 Mar 2017
El “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” surcará los mares para apoyar la pesca sostenible y estudiar el impacto del cambio climático
La FAO y Noruega presentaron hoy un nuevo buque de estudios oceanográficos de vanguardia, uno de los más avanzados de en su categoría, y el único barco dedicado a la investigación que navega en el mundo bajo el pabellón de la ONU. Su misión: explorar los mares menos conocidos del planeta, utilizando tecnología punta y sofisticados equipos para ayudar a los países en desarrollo a reunir datos científicos de vital importancia para la gestión sostenible de la pesca y estudiar cómo el cambio climático está afectando a nuestros océanos..jpg "Mali benefits from South-South Cooperation for the development of the rice sector")
South-south Cooperation
20 Mar 2017
FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Malian rice stakeholders meet to discuss the advancement of more efficient, sustainable and productive rice systems
20 March 2017, Mali - Making rice systems more effective, sustainable and productive, in order to increase food security for Malian smallholders, is the theme of the launching workshop of project GCP/RAF/482/VEN, "Partnership for Systems Development Sustainable Rice in Sub-Saharan Africa", held in Bamako on March 16, 2017, within the Department of Finance and Equipment (DFM) of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Funded by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the project will support the main producers in the region, including Benin,...