Nouvelles
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South-south Cooperation
16 Dec 2019
12 December, Madrid - Innovative partnerships, investment and technical exchange through South-South and Triangular Cooperation are critical for countries especially in the global South to address climate change and achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
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Resource Partners
13 Dec 2019
La FAO et la Norvège: une vision commune pour un développement mondial durable
Le 10 décembre 2019, la Norvège, représentée par l'Agence norvégienne de coopération pour le développement (Norad), est devenue officiellement membre contributeur du Mécanisme multidonateurs flexible (FMM) de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO). L'accord, signé par Roberto Ridolfi, Sous-Directeur général de la FAO, et Mette Møglestue, Directrice de la Norad, fixe une contribution norvégienne de 90 millions de couronnes (environ 10 millions d’USD) en faveur des programmes et sous-programmes du FMM pour les trois années à venir. Il témoigne de l’engagement de la Norvège en faveur du renforcement de l'orientation programmatique du FMM autour des systèmes alimentaires résilients et durables, du changement climatique et de l'agriculture.South-south Cooperation
13 Dec 2019
San Pedro del Paraná, Paraguay, 13 de diciembre de 2019 – Cerca de 300 agricultores y agricultoras familiares representantes de organizaciones campesinas y asentamientos de Paraguay participaron de un Día de Campo, en el Departamento de Itapuá, para conocer de más acerca los beneficios de los sistemas de producción conservacionistas, manejo de suelo degradado, cultivos alimentarios como maíz, yuca y sésamo asociados al cultivo de algodón. La actividad también contó con la asistencia de 50 técnicos y técnicas de la extensión rural paraguaya.![Making food and nutrition security a priority](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_large_Alliance Constituent Meeting.jpg)
Parliamentary alliances
10 Dec 2019
Brussels - Members of the European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition gathered for the first time since the European Parliament elections at the end of May. The constituent meeting of the Alliance, which took place on 10 December, served as the official kick-off for the work of the Alliance, by setting its strategic direction for the new legislature.
During the meeting, Parliamentarians were briefed by FAO Assistant Director-General Máximo Torero, FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta, and EU Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) Head of Unit, Leonard Mizzi, on the importance of agricultural and rural development, as...![FAO South-South Cooperation (SSC) convenes 14 countries in Kenya on linkages between Social Protection Agriculture and Resilience](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_medium_IMGL0911.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
10 Dec 2019
More than 113 million people across Africa experienced acute hunger requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance in 2018, according to the Global Report on Food Crises. A South-South Cooperation knowledge exchange workshop was organized by FAO and the Government of Kenya, convening 14 countries from Eastern and Southern Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to discuss best practices and challenges in promoting coherence between social protection, agriculture and resilience.