Nouvelles
![Serbia steps up partnership with FAO and EBRD for stronger agriculture](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Article - Serbia EBRD FAO partnership.jpg)
Resource Partners
26 Jan 2018
Promoting Serbian agricultural exports, modernizing the country’s water management systems and developing food quality labelling and geographical indication schemes were at the heart of a three-way meeting today in Serbia.![FAO pledges funds to help Black Sea region develop agrifood trade](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Article - Black Sea Region.jpg)
Resource Partners
24 Jan 2018
FAO has pledged US$100 000 to help the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation develop and strengthen agrifood trade in the Black Sea region.![EU-supported Euro 12 million agriculture development project launched in Georgia](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Article - Georgia EU 12 million euro project.jpg)
Resource Partners
24 Jan 2018
Improved access to finance, better services and inputs for farmers, rural households, cooperatives and other small and medium enterprises in rural areas. These advantages – along with and improved capacities in Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture – are expected to make the country’s agricultural sector more competitive. Greater competitiveness is exactly the objective of a new, Euro 12 million project under the third phase of the EU-funded European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD), implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...![FAO legislators launch pilot parliamentary alliance for food security and nutrition in the Philippines](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_UN-FAO_FLAG-ph-launch.jpg)
Parliamentary alliances
23 Jan 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is further strengthening its partnership with the Government of the Philippines to ensure food security and nutrition in the country with the launch today of the FAO Legislative Advisory Group-Philippines (FLAG-PH).
This parliamentary alliance, initially composed of 10 legislators from both houses of Congress, is envisaged to tackle national food security and nutrition issues by taking the necessary legislative actions that...![FAO and AUC set to promote sustainable school food and nutrition programmes in Eastern Africa](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Article - FAO AUC school food programmes.jpg)
Resource Partners
18 Jan 2018
Malnutrition in Eastern Africa among children raises concern
18 January 2018, Addis Ababa – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Africa Union Commission have signed an agreement to launch sustainable school food and nutrition programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.![FAO signs US $332000 partnerships with UG CIAT and other Agencies of the Ministry of Agriculture](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Edited.jpg)
Resource Partners
15 Jan 2018
FAO sees this agreement as a step closer to the realization of Sustainable Development Goal #2 to Zero Hunger in Guyana by 2030.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations yesterday made commitments through the signing of Letters of Agreements (LOA) to the value of US $332,500 for work in areas such as food and nutrition security, climate-resilient agriculture and disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. The University of Guyana (UG), International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the National Red Cross Society (GRCS), the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) are all recipients of...Parliamentary alliances
10 Jan 2018
On 22 December, an introductory meeting was held over lunch between key members of the FAO Parliamentarian Friendship League and the FAO National Goodwill Ambassadors, Mr. Katsuhiro Nakamura and Ms. Hiroko Kuniya. The purpose of the meeting was to establish a good foundation for their collaborative effort and synergies in support for FAO’s work. Mr. Yoshimasa Hayashi, Chairman and current Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, graciously attended the meeting and exchanged views and opinions with the two FAO National Goodwill Ambassadors. The event took place at Hotel...![FAO and Kyrgyzstan sign new cooperation agreement](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_24872_275.jpg)
Resource Partners
21 Dec 2017
Improved nutrition, reductions in rural poverty, sustainable management of Kyrgyzstan’s natural resources, and adapting to climate change are central themes in a new cooperation agreement with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).![FAO and WFP step up efforts to alleviate hunger in Greater Kasai](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_congo.jpg)
Resource Partners
20 Dec 2017
Belgian funding channelled through the UN bodies will benefit tens of thousands at risk in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Against a backdrop of intense human suffering, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are joining forces to mitigate some of the effects of conflict in Greater Kasai. The two United Nations agencies will be using US$10 million in Belgian government funding to improve access to food for more than 100,000 people. Some 18,000 households - whether displaced, returnee or host families - stand to benefit.![FAO and Egypt committed to work together with African countries for agricultural development](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_Egypt_IMG_6275.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
15 Dec 2017
Nile Basin and bordering countries benefit from two training courses hosted by Egypt’s EICA through South-South Cooperation schemes
14 December 2017, Cairo, Egypt – Two successful pilot training courses to support agricultural development in the Nile Basin countries through knowledge transfer and innovative approaches celebrated their closure today.
"We are very pleased with the results achieved. This is just the start of operationalizing the existing MoU between FAO and Egypt to further contribute to knowledge transfer among African countries through South-South Cooperation (SSC)," said Hussein Gadain, the Food and Agriculture...