03 July 2018, Beijing, China. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has established a multilateral collaboration with the Government of the People’s Republic of China and five other countries in Southeast Asia to control the spread of trans-boundary animal diseases (TADs).  The FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Regional Project on Transboundary Animal Disease Control in the Greater Mekong Subregion was launched during a meeting in the Chinese capital Beijing on 3rd July 2018. The project, valued over USD 3 million, is funded by the...

06/07/2018, Rome, Italy -- FAO and Guangfa Securities (GFS), a leading Chinese securities company, signed an agreement to work together to reach the goal of ending poverty by 2030. GFS committed to contributing USD 1 million to cooperate with FAO to revitalize China’s rural areas in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Under this proposed agreement, the first of its kind between...

Ville de plus de 2,8 millions d’âmes, Douala attire chaque année plus de 100 000 nouveaux arrivants qu’il faut nourrir convenablement, sans oublier la demande en produits alimentaires des agglomérations satellites et des pays de la sous-région. Dans ce contexte, la production, l’approvisionnement et la distribution des biens alimentaires sont des enjeux importants pour la Ville. Dans le cadre de la mise en place d’une politique de sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle durable pour mieux anticiper non seulement sur la rareté mais également sur la qualité des aliments pour tous nos concitoyens, et particulièrement pour les plus défavorisées dont le pouvoir d’achat...

18 April 2018, Durban – More than half of Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) population could be living in urban areas by 2050 posing huge challenges for poor towns and cities, which already face challenges such as poverty and inequalities. These are coupled with growing levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in a context of high vulnerability to climate change. In preparation for the challenges attendant to rapid urbanization, some SSA local authorities have started implementing initiatives that improve food security and nutrition through ‘city to city’ collaboration and South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC). These initiatives will see all actors in the...