Noticias
Civil Society
03 Feb 2014
Las instituciones francesas de investigación y la FAO comparten una visión común.
Roma, 3 de febrero de 2014 – La FAO y las instituciones francesas de investigación dan un paso adelante en su cooperación en áreas clave de investigación y coordinarán sus actividades dentro del marco de la estrategia renovada de la FAO. Hoy se han firmado dos acuerdos que cubren un amplio espectro de actividades conjuntas, que incluyen la agroecología, biodiversidad, salud animal, pérdida de alimentos, reformas agrarias y recursos genéticos que contribuirán a los objetivos estratégicos de la FAO.
El director general de la FAO, José Graziano da Silva, la presidenta de Agreenium, Marion Guillou, y el presidente del Centro Internacional...
Civil Society
03 Feb 2014
Comunicación y medios comunitarios en agricultura familiar y seguridad alimentaria
En el contexto del Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar 2014 (AIAF), la Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC) ha unido sus fuerzas con la FAO para lanzar una campaña de sensibilización dirigida a las asociaciones de campesinos y la población rural. El principal objetivo es utilizar la radio comunitaria como plataforma para compartir información con la comunidad agrícola e involucrarla más a fondo en el debate sobre el papel clave que desempeña la agricultura familiar en el desarrollo económico y social. La campaña comienza hoy mismo y está previsto que continúe durante todo 2014. Consistirá en una...
South-south Cooperation
24 Jan 2014
$2.2 million project to strengthen agriculture and veterinary research
24 January 2014, Rome - Angola, Brazil and FAO are to work closely together to strengthen food security in the Southern African country by boosting its agricultural and veterinary research...
Partnerships
21 Jan 2014
Promoting a joint effort to fight against hunger and under-nutrition
One of Japan’s top-ranked and most popular private universities is teaming up with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to improve the regional knowledge base and promote a joint effort to fight against hunger and under-nutrition, the FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific announced today.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by FAO’s Hiroyuki Konuma, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific and Ken-ichi Fukumiya, President of Meiji University.
“This is a strong and meaningful partnership with one of Japan’s most respected and most popular universities,” said Konuma. “The signing of this MoU further strengthens...
Partnerships
10 Jan 2014
Agreement covers joint activities including aquatic animal disease diagnostics and management to expand the work of FAO’s Emergency Prevention System (EMPRES)
FAO and Mississippi State University (MSU) will step up cooperation on FAO’s new Global Aquaculture Advancement Partnership (GAAP) programme and FAO’s Emergency Preparedness and Response (EMPRES) programme to improve the capacity of developing countries in fish health and aquaculture.
FAO Deputy Director-General Daniel Gustafson and the President of the Mississippi State University (MSU), Mark Keenum, signed a joint declaration in the presence of FAO’s Director of the Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development (OPC), Marcela Villarreal. This joint declaration strenghthens the existing Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two organizations in 2010 and paves the way for cooperation in specific...