Nouvelles
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South-south Cooperation
09 Dec 2021
On 9 December 2021, the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) launched FAO’s first-ever digital field trip targeted towards FMM Resource Partners - Belgium, Flanders, France, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The virtual experience brought resource partners closer to the life-changing initiatives and real-world impact that they support through the FMM.![First-ever FAO digital field trip takes FMM Resource Partners on the ground](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_fmm-digital-field-trip.jpg)
Resource Partners
09 Dec 2021
On 9 December 2021, the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) launched FAO’s first-ever digital field trip targeted towards FMM Resource Partners - Belgium, Flanders, France, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The virtual experience brought resource partners closer to the life-changing initiatives and real-world impact that they support through the FMM.![Briefing the European Parliament on the Global Network Against Food Crises](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_eu-Global-Network-Briefing.jpg)
Resource Partners
07 Dec 2021
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels organized a briefing on the Global Network Against Food Crises for a number of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and the European Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition. The event revealed the current global picture regarding food insecurity and hunger, and showcasedSouth-south Cooperation
06 Dec 2021
6 December 2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, through the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), launched a two-day rice-commodity development workshop, with the aim of strengthening the Tanzania’s rice value chains.
The workshop builds on the National Rice Development Strategy II (NRDS-II), the country’s ongoing ten-year rice improvement programme (2019/20 – 2030), which aims to sustain rice self-sufficiency in Tanzania and improve its competitiveness and comparative advantages for regional and international rice trade.
Rice in Tanzania is increasingly becoming one of...![South-South Cooperation project supports FAO’s global efforts against the desert locust](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_FAWA.jpg)
South-south Cooperation
06 Dec 2021
The Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is the most destructive migratory pest in the world. These ravenous eaters can consume food crops and forage equivalent to their own weight in a day. Just a single square kilometer of swarm can contain up to 80 million adults, with a capacity to consume the same quantity of food of 35 000 people in a day.
In response to this plant pest threatening the food security and livelihoods of rural people, the FAO-China SSC Programme implemented its first USD 2 million emergency project from June 2020 to June 2021 to support FAO’s global efforts on...