Noticias
![FAO and Government of Japan hold high-level discussions to further advance a strong partnership](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_Photo consultation mtg.jpg)
30 Jan 2018
Tokyo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Japan have reinforced their commitment to further advance their partnership activities to help countries around the world achieve their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The advances were made during the second Japan-FAO Annual Strategic Consultation meeting in Tokyo, attended by Daniel Gustafson, FAO’s Deputy Director-General for Programmes, and a number of senior officials of the Government of Japan including Misako Takahashi, Director of the Economic Security Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tatsuya Go, Director of International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry...![Serbia steps up partnership with FAO and EBRD for stronger agriculture](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_Article - Serbia EBRD FAO partnership.jpg)
26 Jan 2018
Promoting Serbian agricultural exports, modernizing the country’s water management systems and developing food quality labelling and geographical indication schemes were at the heart of a three-way meeting today in Serbia.![EU-supported Euro 12 million agriculture development project launched in Georgia](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_Article - Georgia EU 12 million euro project.jpg)
24 Jan 2018
Improved access to finance, better services and inputs for farmers, rural households, cooperatives and other small and medium enterprises in rural areas. These advantages – along with and improved capacities in Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture – are expected to make the country’s agricultural sector more competitive. Greater competitiveness is exactly the objective of a new, Euro 12 million project under the third phase of the EU-funded European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD), implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...![FAO pledges funds to help Black Sea region develop agrifood trade](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_Article - Black Sea Region.jpg)
24 Jan 2018
FAO has pledged US$100 000 to help the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation develop and strengthen agrifood trade in the Black Sea region.![FAO and AUC set to promote sustainable school food and nutrition programmes in Eastern Africa](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_Article - FAO AUC school food programmes.jpg)
18 Jan 2018
18 January 2018, Addis Ababa – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Africa Union Commission have signed an agreement to launch sustainable school food and nutrition programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.![FAO signs US $332000 partnerships with UG CIAT and other Agencies of the Ministry of Agriculture](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_Edited.jpg)
15 Jan 2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations yesterday made commitments through the signing of Letters of Agreements (LOA) to the value of US $332,500 for work in areas such as food and nutrition security, climate-resilient agriculture and disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. The University of Guyana (UG), International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the National Red Cross Society (GRCS), the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI), the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) are all recipients of...![FAO and Kyrgyzstan sign new cooperation agreement](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_24872_275.jpg)
21 Dec 2017
Improved nutrition, reductions in rural poverty, sustainable management of Kyrgyzstan’s natural resources, and adapting to climate change are central themes in a new cooperation agreement with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).![FAO and WFP step up efforts to alleviate hunger in Greater Kasai](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_congo.jpg)
20 Dec 2017
Against a backdrop of intense human suffering, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are joining forces to mitigate some of the effects of conflict in Greater Kasai. The two United Nations agencies will be using US$10 million in Belgian government funding to improve access to food for more than 100,000 people. Some 18,000 households - whether displaced, returnee or host families - stand to benefit.![Switzerland and FAO: innovative partnerships provide answers to global challenges](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_CH article.jpg)
11 Dec 2017
Rome, 11 December 2017: With the signing of six agreements with FAO, the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) has made a strong statement in support of the global goals to achieve sufficient and safe food for all, to promote sustainable agriculture and food systems, and to conserve and sustainably use natural resources. To achieve these goals, the initiatives covered by the agreements set out to increase responsible investments in agriculture, to control the introduction and spread of plant pests, to introduce sustainable soil management practices globally, and to maintain the diversity of and access to seeds*.
Switzerland has long been...![USAID Launches New Program on Sustainable Agriculture for Economic Resiliency](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_PO_SOUTHSUDAN_ 20142804_013_FAO SAMIR BOL.jpg)
22 Nov 2017
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and FAO have announced a three-year Sustainable Agriculture for Economic Resiliency project in South Sudan, to address widespread food and nutrition deficiencies and help communities become increasingly resilient to shocks including conflict and economic and environment-related shocks.
More than three years of conflict have made South Sudan one of the world’s most food-insecure countries, with more than half the population facing life-threatening hunger. This project will target households experiencing stress and crisis levels of food insecurity, to prevent them from falling into worse levels of food insecurity—emergency and famine.
The project will focus on...