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On May 4 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) with the main objective of developing a range of activities to strengthen and mobilize an educational and knowledge base for integrated water resources management. The collaboration between the two organizations is not new, as in 2014 a previous partnership agreement was signed to formalize the relationship. In this regard, FAO’s technical officer Jippe Hoogeveen, highlighted...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is launching today the first of a “Series of Global Webinars: Towards Resilient Family Farming - Solutions from producer organizations”.The virtual meeting is an opportunity to learn about the main impacts of COVID-19 on regional producer organizations and family farms, and to exchange good practices, and solutions to the health crisis caused by COVID-19. Regional organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean are sharing experiences, particularly on financing and savings mechanisms that have...

Le 20 mai 2020, l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) a resserré de façon importante sa coopération avec les pays du Conseil de coopération du Golfe en signant en ligne deux accords de partenariat novateurs avec le Ministère d'État à la sécurité alimentaire des Émirats arabes unis sur des projets de transformation du secteur agricole visant à atteindre les objectifs de développement durable (ODD) et à renforcer le système de sécurité alimentaire dans les Émirats arabes unis. Les projets «Transformer le secteur de l'alimentation et de l'agriculture pour atteindre les ODD en améliorant la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition» (avec un...

The Brazil Africa Institute (IBRAF) will hold, next Friday, May 29, the webinar “Youth Empowerment and the Promotion of Rural Communities Sustainability”. The dialogue will focus on topics such as ensuring access to tools for young people to lead the transformation of the region, and practices to promote sustainability in rural communities, especially the most vulnerable. The panel will be attended by representatives of the African Union; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); and the World Food Programme (WFP). The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear to the world that many practices, especially regarding the models of food...

Have you ever thought that changes in the way your tea is produced could be beneficial to the changing climate? A new FAO project in Kenya is about to do just that by developing the production of potentially carbon neutral tea. It's the first FAO project within framework of South-South and Triangular Cooperation to address both climate change mitigation and adaptation in a food value chain.