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Le Gouvernement du Mozambique, la Banque mondiale et l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) ont annoncé le lancement d'un nouveau projet destiné à renforcer la gestion durable des forêts et à aider le Mozambique à réaliser l'Objectif de développement durable numéro 15 portant sur les forêts. Le projet, estimé à 6 millions de dollars, rentre dans le cadre d'un plus grand projet d'investissement forestier du gouvernement mozambicain, financé par la Banque mondiale à hauteur de 47 millions de dollars. Ce projet vise à stopper la déforestation et à encourager les investissements dans le secteur forestier tout en...

The creation of Haiti's Parliamentary Front against Hunger is a fundamental step towards implementing measures to ensure the right to adequate food, FAO said today. On Tuesday, July 4th, Haiti’s House of Representatives approved the resolution that officially creates the country’s Parliamentary Front  against hunger, a key legislative space to promote food security laws."The role of the legislature is indispensable because of its ability to formulate laws and allocate public resources for the implementation of agricultural and food security policies, backing strategies and programs throughout the country," said Natanael Hishamunda, FAO’s Representative in Haiti. With this great step forward, Haiti...

6 July 2017, Rome - Parliamentarians have a key role to play along with governments, civil society, private sector, international agencies and donors "to achieve a Zero Hunger generation in our lifetime", said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today at a meeting with lawmakers on the sidelines of the FAO Conference. "You are the ones who are responsible for enacting laws and for approving budgets, among other roles," he said asking them to increase funding in their national budgets for food security and nutrition. He also noted...

La FAO et l'Allemagne ont célébré aujourd'hui 15 ans de collaboration fructueuse, se félicitant au passage des 129 millions de dollars (115 millions d'euros) en fonds spéciaux investis dans la sécurité alimentaire, les initiatives en faveur du droit à l'alimentation et les programmes nutritionnels à travers le monde, et ce, grâce au Ministère fédéral allemand de l'alimentation et de l'agriculture (BMEL) et du Fonds fiduciaire bilatéral de la FAO (BTF).

30 June 2017, Rome. The 40th session of the FAO Conference will host a side event on “China-FAO South-South Cooperation: promoting inclusive and sustainable development” that can be followed live via webcast here: http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/4394/icode/ Interpretation will be available in English, Chinese, French and Spanish. The event will take place in the Sheikh Zayed Centre at FAO Headquarters in Rome (Italy) on the 6th of July and begins at 18:30 CET.  FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme China, as an active participant and supporter of FAO SSC Programme, has witnessed the burgeoning development of SSC with FAO and other partners.  This side event aims to share achievements...

27 June 2017, Rome - FAO and Uruguay will work together on South-South and Triangular Cooperation programs to strengthen agricultural development, agribusiness and food security in African countries, contributing to the overall achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). An agreement signed today by FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva and the Uruguayan Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries Tabaré Aguerre, lays the foundation to build on the experience the Uruguayan International Cooperation Agency (AUCI) has gained in technical cooperation and capacity building in Latin America and the Caribbean, extending it to the benefit of African countries and...