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Roma - El sector privado puede hacer una contribución importante a la lucha contra la pobreza y el hambre y promover la producción y el consumo sostenible de alimentos, aseguró hoy el Director General de FAO, José Graziano da Silva, en una reunión con las asociaciones y las federaciones del sector privado.El Director General intervino en la sede de la FAO ante representantes de asociaciones que representan a más de cinco mil empresas. Sus declaraciones abrieron el primero de una serie de debates previstos sobre la participación del sector privado en las iniciativas para la reducción de la pobreza...

Civil society and FAO agreed on improved space for dialogue and enhanced mechanisms to foster both closer partnerships and wider balanced representation in pursuit of the shared goal for eradicating hunger, poverty and malnutrition in Asia and the Pacific. Despite important progress obtained over the years, today’s world continues to face serious problems of poverty, hunger and malnutrition. CSOs play a crucial role in food security and poverty reduction is several areas: from policy dialogue and discussions on substantive matters to programme and project design and implementation. A CSO/FAO consultation in Bangkok on 20 and 21...

FAO and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) have agreed to strengthen ties, using food as a bridge to improve cross-cultural relations and promote shared prosperity. At a signing ceremony Friday at FAO’s New York office, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalizing the new partnership. “A hungry world is not a peaceful world,” declared the FAO Director-General. “Sustainable food production bolsters not only food security, but also human security in all its forms.” Food also brings people together, added...

22 November 2013, Rome - In an effort to strengthen FAO’s engagement with the private sector, the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship (BCCCC) conducted a capacity development course at FAO headquarters this week. Over thirty FAO staff participated in the intensive five-day training, including private sector focal points from technical divisions and representatives from the Office for Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development (OPC). The BCCCC program at FAO marks the first time corporate citizenship training has been offered in a UN setting. Instructors from BCCCC worked with OPC Private Sector Team leader Annamaria Pastore over a number...

Las Naciones Unidas y la Expo 2015 firmaron hoy un acuerdo que confirma el amplio apoyo de la ONU a la Expo de Milán, en la que la atención mundial se centrará en el reto de erradicar el hambre y la pobreza y en producir suficientes alimentos nutritivos para una población mundial que se espera alcance los 9 000 millones de personas para el año 2050. "Alimentar el planeta, energía para la vida", es el tema de la Expo 2015, que coincide con los principios fundacionales de la ONU de combatir el hambre y la pobreza. La Expo se desarrollará en...