Nouvelles

18 April 2018, Durban – More than half of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) population could be living in urban areas by 2050 posing huge challenges for poor towns and cities, which already face challenges such as poverty and inequalities. These are coupled with growing levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in a context of high vulnerability to climate change. In preparation for the challenges attendant to rapid urbanization, some SSA local authorities have started implementing initiatives that improve food security and nutrition through ‘city to city’ collaboration and South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC). These initiatives will see all actors in the...

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...

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...

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...

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.