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![Sierra Leone and FAO sign groundbreaking South-South and Triangular Cooperation Unilateral Trust Fund Agreement to boost the country’s rice sector](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_pro-k0dOHJvq.jpeg)
22 Mar 2024
22 March 2024 Freetown -The Government of Sierra Leone and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have today signed an agreement through a Unilateral Trust Fund (UTF) that marks a pivotal step towards transforming the rice sector in the country.
The UTF funding modality allows developing and middle-income countries to benefit from FAO’s technical expertise through funds provided by the beneficiary countries themselves, either from national resources or from the proceeds of loans, credits and grants made available by international financial institutions (IFIs) or bilateral resource partners.![FAO Conducts Training in Tanzania for Sustainable Rice Production with Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute and Sustainable Rice Platform](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Participants-carry-out-modified-mat-nursery-preparation_-implementing-best-practices-learned-during-the-training-(1).DNG.jpg)
18 Mar 2024
18/03/2024 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), successfully concluded a capacity-building training for sustainable rice production in Morogoro, Tanzania. The training took place from February 29 to March 7, 2024, and saw the active participation of over 65 individuals, including researchers, agricultural extension officers, and smallholder rice farmers from various districts.![FAO and Indonesia explore ways to boost South-South and Triangular Cooperation in Tanzania](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Picture1_Korea.jpg)
08 Mar 2024
8/03/2024 Tanzania – Recognizing Indonesia’s valuable technical know-how and development experience in the agriculture sector over the years, which has benefited many countries in the Global South, FAO colleagues from the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division met with Indonesia counterparts in Tanzania to discuss ways to strengthen their collaborations.
In his visit to the Mkindo Farmer’s Agriculture and Rural Training Center (FARTC), Mr Kenya Konno, Programme Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division of FAO, acknowledged Indonesia’s South-South Cooperation long standing contributions in the agriculture sector to support Tanzania and neighboring African countries. He also stressed the importance of having the center...![Brazilian family farmer encourages the work of other rural women in providing food for school feeding](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Agroverde-WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-04-at-2.56.01-PM.jpeg)
08 Mar 2024
Brasilia, March 8, 2024 - Family farmer Rita de Cássia Alves has been president of the AgroVerde Cooperative, located in Guapimirim, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, since 2021.![Chile initiates implementation of the Sustainable Schools methodology](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Chile-WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-04-at-3.04.45-PM.jpeg)
07 Mar 2024
March 7, 2024 - Chile joined this week a group of 14 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean in the implementation of the Sustainable Schools methodology, created in 2012 by Brazil-FAO Cooperation and participating countries.