Nouvelles

Civil Society
13 Nov 2013
The three agencies confirmed their commitment to play a key role for mobilizing change through resilience building in the region.
Nairobi – FAO, WFP and UNICEF share the goal of strengthening resilience of the most vulnerable in Eastern and Central Africa. The three agencies confirmed their commitment to play a key role for mobilizing change through resilience building in the region. The agencies made the pledge during a two-day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya.  The joint statement is a new step in a process that started after the 2011 drought crisis in the Horn of Africa, when donors, governments and UN agencies pledged to work differently. Following the Heads of States Summit in September 2011, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) received...
Private Sector
05 Nov 2013
Un projet de la FAO financé par le FEM contribue à l’effort mondial d’aménagement des pêches
Washington, DC/Rome - La directrice générale et présidente du Fonds pour l'environnement mondial (FEM), Mme Naoko Ishii, a approuvé aujourd'hui un projet coordonné par la FAO visant à améliorer la santé et la durabilité des pêcheries de thon dans le monde en réduisant les prises illégales et en soutenant les espèces et écosystèmes marins apparentés. Le FEM, une institution internationale qui fédère 183 pays autour des questions d'environnement et de promotion du développement durable, a approuvé le financement de la phase de mise en œuvre d'un projet multipartenaires coordonné par la FAO ayant pour objectif une meilleure gestion des pêcheries de thon...
Private Sector
31 Oct 2013
FAO Director-General met with representatives of the Senegalese private sector and emphasized the key role that they can play in reinforcing food security and in developing sustainable agriculture.
Dakar, Senegal - FAO Director-General met with representatives of the Senegalese private sector and emphasized the key role that they can play in reinforcing food security and in developing sustainable agriculture. Companies present discussed their activities ad issues encountered in the areas of  distribution of agricultural inputs, production and processing of local commodities including cereals, fruits. The representatives of the Senegalese Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, and the national Employer Federation shared their global vision of how the agricultural sector could be more efficient. They proposed to develop an integrated approach from a "modern production" to locally processed and purchased food products, including...
Civil Society
31 Oct 2013
L'accord couvre les besoins d'urgence ainsi que l'action à long terme en Amérique latine, en Afrique et en Asie
La FAO et le Plan International collaboreront à la promotion de l’alimentation des  environnements sécurisés dans les foyers pauvres et les communautés, avec un accent sur les enfants vulnérables et leurs familles. L'accord signé aujourd'hui par Marcela Villareal, Directeur du bureau des partenariats, des acctivités de plaidoyer et du renforcement des capacities à la  FAO et  par Rosemary McCarney, président et PDG du Plan Canada, couvre les réponses aux besoins critiques ainsi que des initiatives à long terme pour s'attaquer aux obstacles systémiques à stabiliser, et garder un environnement de sécurité alimentaire durable. "La FAO est fière de ce partenariat avec...
Private Sector
30 Oct 2013
A discussion about the efficiency and inclusiveness of Public Private Partnerships as a tool in the fight against hunger was held at FAO headquarters today.
Rome - A seminar titled “The efficiency and inclusiveness of Public Private Partnerships as a tool in the fight against hunger” was held at FAO headquarters today. The Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department (AG) and the Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development (OPC) jointly held the seminar. The central theme discussed over the two-hour seminar concerned public private partnerships (PPP) as a tool in the fight against hunger. From this theme, two key questions emerged: how PPPs can be an efficient tool in eradicating hunger, and how PPPs be inclusive of local agribusiness and smallholder farmers.  Representatives from FAO, IFAD and the Standards...