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15 December 2014, Rome/Marrakesh - Horizontal cooperation between countries of the global South is increasingly important to meeting the sustainable development challenges of our time, said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva at the first International Conference on South-South Cooperation in Marrakesh, Morocco, this weekend...

25 Novembre 2014, Rome, – La FAO et ActionAid International ont renforcé les synergies pour un prochain protocole d’entente (Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)) dans une réunion technique tenue aujourd'hui au siège de la FAO à Rome. «Nous voulions identifier les capacités spécifiques de ActionAid et les faire correspondre avec les activités de la FAO pour faire avancer la mise en œuvre des objectifs stratégiques à travers les initiatives régionales et les activités au niveau des pays», a déclaré Rodrigo Castañeda, directeur des partenariats de la FAO.

26 November 2014, New York - The promotion of development around the world is no longer based solely on developed countries helping developing ones, according to a senior official of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

19 November 2014, Washington D.C. - Hundreds of representatives from the southern hemisphere of the world gathered in the United States today to discuss ways to improve the lives of developing nations through sustainable agriculture. CCTV America’s Frances Kuo reported this story from Washington D.C...

Malnutrition is one of the greatest threats to people’s health and well-being. It imposes unacceptably high health, social and economic costs, especially on women, children and the elderly, and more broadly on families and society. Improving nutrition, and ensuring everyone has access to a healthy diet, is not the responsibility of the individual alone. Nutrition is a public issue that must be addressed primarily by governments, in collaboration with other stakeholders including civil society, the private sector and academia. In this partnership framework, FAO especially welcomes the support of Italian transport giants Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), Ferrovie dello Stato...