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Parliamentary alliances
21 Oct 2020
Italy's proposed FAO-led Food Coalition hailed as vehicle for multilateralism and post-pandemic rural development
Rome - Italy's agri-food system offers lessons on the transformations the world needs, and the nation is playing a critical role by promoting a multilateral food coalition that is closely aligned to FAO's own rural development framework as articulated in the Hand-in-Hand Initiative and the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today in an address to members of Italy's parliament.
"FAO is proud to be your partner in this noble mission of eradicating hunger, eliminating poverty and creating a world of harmony and solidarity," the Director-General said in remarks to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the...![FAO partners with social media networks to promote World Food Day](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_WFD_toutiao2.png)
Private Sector
19 Oct 2020
Beijing - On the occasion of World Food Day 2020, FAO China Office collaborated with Toutiao, a popular Chinese social media network with 120 million daily active users, to organize the Food Heroes Campaign and celebrate food heroes who contributed to ensuring food supply during the COVID-19 outbreak. Various organizations and general public were invited to contact FAO-China and nominate the food heroes they know.On 16 October, 15 candidate profiles were selected and posted for public voting on Toutiao. During the ten-day voting period from 16 to 25 October, the total votes for 15 candidates reached 1,154,727....![FAO and partners join parliamentarians for high-level World Food Day celebration](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_WFD Size920x400_300dpi.jpg)
Parliamentary alliances
19 Oct 2020
The European Parliamentary Alliance event highlighted innovation, sustainability and transforming value chains
A double-celebration marking World Food Day and the 75th anniversary of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) underscored the need to make urgent and lasting changes to ensure food security for all, in keeping with the theme of this year’s observance, Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together. Our actions are our future.
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu joined in the FAO Brussels event, along with the Vice-President of the European Parliament, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, high-level officials from the OACPS, and the Director of the World Food Programme.
“Our work is not done yet. Together with all key stakeholders, we are working to...![La FAO y España reafirman su alianza con una nueva contribución de EUR 28 millones para apoyar los proyectos de desarrollo y mitigación del impacto de la COVID-19](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_rm-story-FAO-ALC-(56).jpg)
Resource Partners
19 Oct 2020
El 29 de septiembre de 2020, la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) autorizó una contribución voluntaria excepcional a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) de EUR 2,8 millones. Este año, España ha aumentado generosamente sus contribuciones voluntarias y ha ampliado el espectro de la cooperación internacional para apoyar acciones que puedan ayudar a paliar los efectos devastadores de la pandemia de COVID-19 en poblaciones vulnerables.
Esto incluye mejorar la seguridad alimentaria, proteger los medios de vida de las familias...![El café colombiano tradicional... con un toque juvenil](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_2_coffee3.jpg)
Private Sector
15 Oct 2020
Cómo los jóvenes héroes del sector alimentario emplean la tecnología para mejorar los métodos de cultivo del café
Diego Urbano, un estudiante de 18 años del sur de Colombia, lleva el café en la sangre. Nació en una familia productora de café y ahora, tras unirse a un proyecto dirigido a impulsar el uso de la tecnología en el sector, le apasiona continuar esa tradición, dándole un giro innovador.“Como jóvenes, queremos continuar labrándonos el futuro en el campo, y queremos lograrlo siendo innovadores en la producción, la comercialización y el consumo”, afirma Diego.Como parte del proyecto, Diego y otros 29 estudiantes del centro de enseñanza La Victoria fueron formados en los procesos de cosecha,...