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26 Jan 2018
Praia, 26 janvier 2018. Praia inaugure le premier centre de démonstration de micro-jardins dans le cadre d'un projet de coopération Sud-Sud avec les villes de Dakar et Douala, promu par l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO). Le nouveau centre a été mis en place par la mairie de Praia et se trouve à proximité du parc 5 de Julho, à côté des pépinières municipales.
Le centre mettra à la disposition des citoyens une nouvelle technologie de production horticole à partir de différents types d'emballages recyclés ou de matériaux issus de la récupération. Plus particulièrement, le supports
proposés, tels...![FAO and Egypt committed to work together with African countries for agricultural development](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_Egypt_IMG_6275.jpg)
15 Dec 2017
14 December 2017, Cairo, Egypt – Two successful pilot training courses to support agricultural development in the Nile Basin countries through knowledge transfer and innovative approaches celebrated their closure today.
"We are very pleased with the results achieved. This is just the start of operationalizing the existing MoU between FAO and Egypt to further contribute to knowledge transfer among African countries through South-South Cooperation (SSC)," said Hussein Gadain, the Food and Agriculture...![The United Nations Rome-based Agencies commit to enhance their cooperation in the Global South to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_C8AE8054-FAE5-4CE8-8B2E-33D16663E741.jpeg)
28 Nov 2017
28 November 2017 - Rome/Antalya. At the Global South-South Development Expo in Antalya (Turkey), the Rome-based Agencies (RBAs) presented todaya joint roadmap which aims to strengthen the three agencies’ collective efforts to facilitate South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the context of achieving progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2, zero hunger, by 2030.
“Considering our respective mandates, comparative advantages and distinctive strengths, all centered around the realm of food security and...![FAO presents its South-South Cooperation initiatives developed worldwide at an international event in Brazil](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_WFP School meals_01.jpg)
22 Nov 2017
Brasília, 22 November 2017 – For two days ten ministers from developing countries and several international authorities exchanged experiences during the International Conference on South-South and Triangular Cooperation: Promoting innovations from the global South to support rural transformation, promoted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ), in Brasília, Brazil.
More than 300 representatives from Governments, international organizations, academies, research institutes, the private sector, NGOs and the civil society participated in this event, which counted on FAO as one of its main supports.
The Director-General of FAO, José Graziano da Silva, sent a message to highlight the importance of the debate...