Noticias

23/10/2024 Rome – Key stakeholders, including government officials, project task force members, OCOP Focal Points and FAO staff from seven countries, covering four regions convened virtually to kick-start a new project, aimed at establishing South-South and Triangular Cooperation Networks for Special Agriculture Products (SAPs) to promote knowledge sharing, technology transfer for scaling-up the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative.  The inception workshop, held on 23 October 2024, was central to define project objectives, expected outputs and major activities, as well as reviewing the detailed work plan and budget for the project implementation.  The OCOP initiative, a flagship program of FAO, is...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will co-lead the implementation of 21 new projects as part of the second round of funding from The Pandemic Fund. Aimed at enhancing global and local health security, these projects totalling $109 million, will benefit 32  countries across the world.  Four fast-tracked projects for mpox affected countries were announced...

In the framework of the 2024 World Food Forum, the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean signed a Letter of Intent with the Association of Universities of the Montevideo Group (AUGM) and a Memorandum of Understanding with the Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUALC). These agreements will establish joint training programs, specializations, and postgraduate programs by incorporating FAO training resources into the...

FAO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI). The agreement focuses on capacity building regarding law of the sea and ocean affairs, including fisheries law and policy for sustainable utilization, conservation and management of living marine resources. Framed in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 14 “Life Below Water”, additional areas of cooperation include the development and delivery of technical training and capacity building courses, workshops and seminars in law of sea...

Santiago, Chile, October 9, 2024 – To commemorate World Cotton Day 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ABC/MRE) held the webinar “Certification Models: Pathways to a Sustainable Future for Cotton” on October 8, as part of the +Cotton project.