Nouvelles
Parliamentary alliances
17 Apr 2018
On 17 April, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) facilitated a conversation between the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), with whom FAO signed a Memorandum of Understanding in October 2017, and Members of Parliament (MPs) of Uganda, to seek the possibility in developing joint research proposals reflecting needs and demands of MPs for opportunities such as the African Union research grants. The meeting was hosted by FAO Uganda and jointly organized by FAO Headquarters and FAO Regional Office for Africa (RAF).
This discussion also aimed at increasing mutual understanding between...
Parliamentary alliances
12 Apr 2018
Brazzaville–Le Parlement Congolais vient de lancer avec l’appui l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’Alimentation et l’Agriculture (FAO) et en présence des institutions nationales et internationales présentes dans le pays, son Alliance Parlementaire pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle. La cérémonie officielle a été organisée à l’issue d’une l’Assemblée générale qui a réuni la presque totalité des membres de l’Alliance Parlementaire Congolaise pour la Sécurité Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle (APCSAN) constituée de l’ensemble des députés et des sénateurs de cette institution.
Pour Isidore Mvouba, président de l’Assemblée nationale et président actif de l’Alliance...
Resource Partners
05 Apr 2018
The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 500 000 to fight the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and fall armyworm (FAW) in the Republic of Zimbabwe. The project, being rolled out...
Private Sector
04 Apr 2018
The chocolate reaches the Italian market thanks to an agreement with Autogrill and Altromercato
Bolivia is a country of spectacular landscapes and profoundly diverse environments. North of the capital La Paz, in a region called Alto Beni, right where the Andes give way to Amazon forest, FAO is working with a community of Andean people that cultivate a world-famous cocoa variety, the "Criollo" cocoa, renowned for its nutritional values. 
South-south Cooperation
30 Mar 2018
"The promotion of solar energy for irrigation, sustainable water management, the development of an investment and foresight plan for the olive sector and a South-South Cooperation Framework with Morocco"
Tunis: Mr Samir Taieb, Minister of Agriculture of Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries, and Mr Michael Hage, FAO Coordinator for North Africa and Representative for Tunisia, signed three projects and a Tripartite South-South Cooperation Agreement during a ceremony at Ministry headquarters today. Through these signatures, FAO is strengthening its technical support and continuing to support the country in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals while also meeting the priorities of the national agricultural sector. Key sectors such as water, irrigation, olive oil and agricultural development occupy a prominent place in the activities and programs to be implemented.
The project on promoting solar energy...