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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...

23 June 2017, Cairo – The Government of Egypt and FAO renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on South-South Cooperation (SSC) for an additional three years to boost agricultural development of African countries through transfer of knowledge and innovative approaches.  “The renewal of this MoU not only represents a milestone in further strengthening the cooperation between FAO and the Government of Egypt, but will also make Egyptian expertise better known across African countries” Mr Hussein Gadain, FAO Representative in Egypt, said.  This updated commitment will mainly support sustainable agriculture of the Nile Basin countries, by focusing on “farmer to farmer” exchanges through...

À l'occasion du Sommet de la solidarité pour les réfugiés (Kampala, 22-23 juin 2017), l'Ouganda, avec le soutien des Nations Unies, a réuni des chefs d'État et des représentants d'organisations nationales, régionales et internationales afin qu’ils s’engagent à soutenir et à faire preuve de solidarité envers le gouvernement et son peuple qui conjuguent leurs efforts pour fournir protection et assistance aux réfugiés. Organisé par Son Excellence Yoweri Museveni , président de l'Ouganda, et le secrétaire général de l'ONU, Antonio Guterres, l'événement avait pour objectif principal de mobiliser un soutien international pour les réfugiés et les communautés d'accueil sous forme...

The annual consultation meeting between the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and FAO took place on Wednesday, 21 May, at FAO Headquarters in Rome. FAO highlighted the valuable support provided by Sida and other Swedish partners to the FAO Programme of Work, particularly to the core funding, humanitarian programmes, and country-level programmes.  FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department presented the results of the Ocean Conference (5-9 June, 2017, New York), and FAO’s role in enhancing SDG 14 (“Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”). FAO acknowledged and expressed appreciation...

22 June 2017, Rome. The Government of Uganda committed to continue South-South Cooperation activities with China, facilitated by FAO, in light of the excellent results achieved so far. In a letter addressed to the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, wished “to recognize the significant cooperation between our two sister nations”. “I highly appreciate the recent cordial cooperation under the framework of FAO South-South Cooperation Activities aimed at fostering agricultural development for the mutual benefit of our people,” stated the President of Uganda in the letter to his Chinese counterpart. The Government...

Lors de la consultation annuelle du Mécanisme d’appui aux programmes multidonateurs, la FAO a présenté les réalisations du fonds en 2016, qui ont donné de très bons résultats en ce qui concerne l’objectif Faim Zéro, la durabilité de l’alimentation et de l’agriculture et la réduction de la pauvreté rurale.  Ce fonds multidonateurs qui est un mécanisme innovant pour soutenir le travail de la FAO à travers des contributions non affectées ou légèrement affectées, a été généreusement soutenu par la Belgique, la Coopération de Flandre, les Pays-Bas, la Suède et la Suisse avec environ USD 75 millions depuis 2010.  «Ce fonds est un...

Kyoto University and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) jointly held the International Symposium on the Impact of Climate Change on Food and Agriculture to mark the one year anniversary of the signing of their Memorandum of Understanding and the 20th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol. The Symposium took place at Kyoto University on 12 June 2017. The Symposium was attended by over 120 participants, including the Mayor of Kyoto, the Dean of Kyoto University, the Director of the Economics Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...

Colombia’s Rural Development Agency and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations signed an 8.7 million US dollar agreement to support the country’s agricultural and rural public policy. The Rural Development Agency (RDA) was created in 2015 with the express goal of improving the living conditions of rural inhabitants and supporting the Peace Agreement through large-scale rural initiatives.

L'Université d'État du Mississippi (MSU) et le Bureau de liaison pour l'Amérique du Nord de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) ont sponsorisé un briefing législatif du Congrès sur “La croissance bleue: l'avenir du poisson comme une source alimentaire substantielle” , qui a eu lieu le 5 juin 2017, à Washington. Dr Mark Lawrence, le professeur et directeur  de Centre Mondial pour la Sécurité Alimentaire Aquatique à MSU a souligné les défis qui limitent l'aquaculture, y compris les aliments pour animaux, les stocks de semences, les épidémies et la résistance aux antimicrobiens.  Dr Melba Reantaso, le...