The capital of Spain became the epicenter of the fight against hunger and malnutrition for Ibero-America and the Caribbean. With the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) office for Latin America and the Caribbean and the international cooperation agencies of Spain and Mexico, representatives from more than ten countries met at the headquarters of the Ibero-American Secretariat (SEGIB) to officially present the Ibero-American and Caribbean Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security for All.   The alliance results from the collaboration between the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean (FPH-ALC), the Spanish Parliamentary Alliance...

Johannesburg, South Africa. Southern Africa's efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition and achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development could be strengthened by the formation of a regional parliamentary coalition on food security and nutrition.  In response to an invitation of the Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), FAO experts were auditioned at the Statutory Meeting of the Standing Committee on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) of the sub-regional parliamentary body.  The audition aimed at enhancing the understanding of SADC parliamentarians on the role of parliamentary networks for food security, nutrition and food system transformation, and FAO’s approach to catalyze...

Antigua, Guatemala – To jointly address critical challenges related to food and nutritional security and place this topic at the top of national and international priorities, the "Ibero-American Political-Academic Dialogue #FoodFirst" was held from April 24 to 26 in Guatemala.   The event was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Spanish Cooperation (through AECID and FIIAPP), and the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID).   It also received the support of the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, and the participation of delegations from the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in Latin America and...

25/04/2024 Vientiane The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) is preparing for the implementation of ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food Agriculture and Forestry Sector (RAI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners announced today. A two-day workshop was held from 24-25 April 2024, in Vientiane, marking a significant step...

On 9-11 April 2024, FAO joined the spring meeting of the Commission for Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs (CAESE) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF) hosted by the National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in Luang Prabang. During the three-day event, FAO’s participation included facilitating field visits and providing capacity building on agroecology to more than 20 parliamentarians from nine countries, along with parliamentary officers and advisers, giving them the opportunity to visit two farms managed by young farmers. During the visits to the farms – which use agroecology principles and embrace agrifood practices embedding sustainability...