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![FAO and China launch US $1.5 million South-South Cooperation project with the Ministry of Agriculture to strengthen Fruit Value Chains in Sri Lanka](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_2_IMAGE-1.jpg)
12 May 2023
12/05/2023 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) initiated a 1.5 million USD project via funding from China as part of the South-South Cooperation (SSC) programme, to improve the quality and value of Sri Lankan fruits in the global market by improving the production and commercialization of fruit value-chains in Sri Lanka.![Leveraging Partnerships and Resource Mobilization for South-South and Triangular Cooperation](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_SSTC_PSR_PST_RNE_Workshop_4web.png)
10 May 2023
10/05/2023 Rome/Cairo – South-South and Triangular Cooperation is becoming increasingly pivotal through its innovative solutions for tackling issues of food insecurity and poverty.
These matters and other items were discussed at today’s virtual Capacity Development workshop on Resource Mobilization for South-South and Triangular Cooperation: “Leveraging South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Reducing Poverty and Hunger, and promoting Rural Development”.
The South-South and Triangular Cooperation division (PST)...![Innovative strategies for addressing the dual challenges of covid-19 and fertilizer crisis in Ugandan agriculture through capacity development on sustainable soil management](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_ffd1d34192.jpg)
09 May 2023
Agriculture plays a critical role in Uganda, where the majority of the population depends on it for their livelihoods. However, unsustainable soil management practices, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and fertilizer crisis, have led to soil degradation and declining crop production.![Phytosanitary capacity development significantly strengthened under the IPPC FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_chinaprjnews2-800x400.jpg)
20 Apr 2023
Rome, 20 April 2023. Members of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat, multiple FAO divisions and contracting party representatives met to mark the progress made, to date, on the IPPC Global Project on Capacity Development implemented by the IPPC under the framework of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme.![Boosting Small Island Developing States’ ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_rsz_1fao_25048_0111.jpg)
18 Apr 2023
Geneva/Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today announced the launch of a new $5 million project supported by the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme to assist Small Island Developing States (SIDS) strengthen their capacities and tackle common development challenges.