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15 Mar 2021
15 March 2021, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today participated in the chairpersonship handover ceremony of the G77 & China - Rome Chapter and praised the Group’s important contribution to FAO’s work and development.![Who holds the camera? A two-day training of trainers on participatory video approaches](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_PO_IND_20181128_0007.jpg)
26 Feb 2021
26/02/2021 Following the launch of the webinar series Navigating the Participatory Approach at the end of January 2021, a virtual training of trainers (ToT) was held on 24th-25th February 2021, counting 25 participants from Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.![FAO supports China-Latin America and the Caribbean partnership to boost agri-food systems](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_64affc5030.jpg)
25 Feb 2021
25 February 2021, Mexico City/Beijing/Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today addressed the 2nd China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum on Agriculture, where he stressed the importance of strong partnerships to overcome the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and announced a project to boost the use of digital technologies in the region.![FAO and Oman step up joint efforts to address water scarcity and transform agri-food systems](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_medium_DG-Slot2-Oman.jpg)
24 Feb 2021
23 February 2021, Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today held virtual talks with Saud bin Hamoud bin Ahmed Al-Habsi, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources of Oman.![Chinese experts hold fast to their position in Madagascar for two Spring Festivals to help locals in urgent need](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_696069096.jpg)
10 Feb 2021
10/02/2021 The Chinese Lunar New Year is approaching, and this is also the time for Chinese families to reunite. However, the experts dispatched by the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme Madagascar Project are still holding fast to their position in a foreign country. Today, let us have a look at their stories.
FAO-China South-South SSC Programme Madagascar Project
Madagascar, an island country in the southwest of the Indian Ocean, faces the coast of the African continent across the Mozambique Channel. It is a country listed as one of the least developed countries in the world, with its food security situation being particularly worrisome...