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La Organización de Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), llamó hoy la atención sobre la relación entre las pérdidas y desperdicios de alimentos con los efectos del cambio climático. "Más del 8% de las emisiones de  gases de efecto invernadero de la agricultura, silvicultura y otros usos de la tierra se vinculan directamente a las perdidas y desperdicios de alimentos a nivel mundial por el uso, entre otros, de energía, agua y suelo. Necesitamos soluciones innovadoras e inversiones responsables para reducir los desperdicios y su impacto sobre el cambio climático”, afirmó Marcela Villarreal, directora de la División de Asociaciones,...

The first ever visit of FAO Director-General to IFPRI’s headquarters in Washington last week celebrated four decades of rich partnership that has generated cutting-edge technical knowledge and enhanced expertise for supporting food security and improved nutrition. In warmly welcoming FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva, IFPRI’s Director General Shenggen Fan noted that the IFPRI-FAO partnership is built on a shared commitment to make agriculture and food systems more inclusive, productive, resilient, and sustainable. Together, FAO and IFPRI have helped enhance the capacity of policy makers to make evidence-based policy decisions, create information resources and networks for food security, strengthen the focus...

Last week, the National Congress of Honduras unanimously approved the School Feeding Law, which ensures that all the children attending public schools in the country will have access to healthy, safe and nutritious food. It is the latest sign of the importance that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are giving to school feeding as a key public and political tool in the fight against hunger and in the achievement of the right to food."Starting in early childhood, we can ensure that children in our region will have both access to healthy food and also awake minds" said Raul...

The first ever visit of FAO Director-General to IFPRI’s headquarters in Washington last week celebrated four decades of rich partnership that has generated cutting-edge technical knowledge and enhanced expertise for supporting food security and improved nutrition. In warmly welcoming FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva, IFPRI’s Director General Shenggen Fan noted that the IFPRI-FAO partnership is built on a shared commitment to make agriculture and food systems more inclusive, productive, resilient, and sustainable. Together, FAO and IFPRI have helped enhance the capacity of policy makers to make evidence-based policy decisions, create information resources and networks for food security, strengthen the focus...

12 Septembre 2016, Rome - Aujourd'hui marque le jour de la coopération Sud-Sud (CSS) de l'ONU. Ici, nous saisissons l'occasion d'examiner certaines questions clés qui aident à comprendre pourquoi la coopération Sud-Sud est un moyen efficace et efficient pour parvenir à un monde sans faim. Alors, saviez-vous vraiment ... 1. Pourquoi 12 Septembre est la Journée de la coopération Sud-Sud? L'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies a décidé en 2003 d'observer cette journée chaque année pour souligner l'importance de la coopération Sud-Sud « comme un élément important de la coopération internationale pour le développement, qui offre des opportunités viables pour les pays en...