Noticias
![Rural women in Rwanda use solar-powered irrigation for better production with UN agencies' support](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Picture1.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
02 Oct 2023
UN partners visit Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (RWEE) project sites
According to Therese Kansayisa, one of the farmers participating in the Joint Programme on Accelerating Progress towards Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (JP RWEE) in Rwanda’s Ngoma district, yields per hectare have increased from 30 to 70 percent and child malnutrition has decreased thanks to the project’s activities.![Strengthened cooperation between EIB and UN partners to increase impact of climate and development financing](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_EIB-and-UN-partners.png)
Resource Partners
27 Sep 2023
A new agreement has been reached between the EIB and UN institutions to increase the impact of multilateral project financing and to introduce a new level of cooperation between international partners. Additional resources for UN agencies will enable them to provide technical assistance and advisory support for EIB-financed projects. Discussions are taking place with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and other UN agencies on joining the agreement at a later stage
Cooperation between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and five United Nations institutions will be greatly facilitated...![FAO and Brazil promote the Cotton Week in Latin America and the Caribbean](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_IMG_4966_mamfreed.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
26 Sep 2023
Brasília, September 26, 2023 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE), will hold from October 4th to 6th, in Brasília (DF), the Cotton Week in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023, with a series of actions to celebrate the World Cotton Day.![Nepalese experts boost their crop production techniques and practices through South-South and Triangular Cooperation in China](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_Videomessage-to-Nepalese-Crops-Experts-by-Mr-Ye.png)
South-south Cooperation
18 Sep 2023
18 September Rome—The opening ceremony of a 10-day training course for 10 Nepalese experts on crop production techniques and practices, under the Framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) South-South and Triangular Cooperation, was held in Chengdu, China on 11 September 2023, in hybrid format.
The 10-day training was agreed to in October 2022 by FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu, during his meeting with the Honourable Dr Dil Bahadur, Member of the National Planning Commission of Nepal. The FAO Director-General appreciated Nepal’s valuable support to FAO-led initiatives, and in the spirit of collaboration, he promised that FAO...![FAO and Brazilian government sign Letter of Intent to establish a Center for Trilateral South-South Cooperation in Brazil](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_53184388096_52beeaac00_k.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
12 Sep 2023
BRASILIA – ON THE SECOND DAY OF HIS VISIT TO BRAZIL, FAO DIRECTOR-GENERAL QU DONGYU SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT WITH THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BRAZIL, MAURO VIEIRA, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTER FOR TRILATERAL SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION IN BRAZIL.