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![South-South Cooperation: End of project heralds positive changes for plant health in Cambodia and Sri Lanka](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_A_IPPC-Secretariat.png)
05 Feb 2024
Rome, 25 January 2024. December 2023 marked the end of a seven-year intervention led by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat to assist Cambodia and Sri Lanka in ensuring that the agricultural produce of its farmers meets the required phytosanitary standards for export and international trade, and that farmers gain market access for their agricultural produce.![FAO and EAPD sign agreement promoting South-South and Triangular cooperation to support agrifood systems transformation and improve food security](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_fao-and-eapd.jpg)
10 Jan 2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) have signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening efforts in promoting south-south and triangular cooperation (SSTC) to boost the transformation of agrifood systems, improve food security, and support the global efforts towards the 2030 Sustainable Agenda.
![FAO and China sign three new projects under the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_A_FAO-Ami-Vitale-Narok_-Kenya---Workers-picking-tea-leaves.jpg)
04 Jan 2024
The year ended successfully for the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme, with the signature of three new project documents, by FAO, China and the three host governments of Malawi, Namibia, and Kenya.
The signing of these projects symbolizes a renewed commitment, engagement, and further opportunities for these new South-South and Triangular Cooperation partnerships.
The first project: “Technical Assistance under the SSC with the People’s Republic of China in support of the Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp) in Malawi – phase II” was signed, for a total budget of USD 1.4 million, to support the crop production, agricultural mechanization, integrated...![FAO meets with the Minister of Agriculture of Bangladesh during PARTNER project scoping mission](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_20231211_153419.jpg)
15 Dec 2023
The Honorable Minister, H.E. Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, had a fruitful meeting on 11 December 2023 with the scoping mission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headed by Mr. Nafis Khan, Senior Programme Officer, South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division (PST), FAO.
The primary objective of the scoping mission was to identify areas for the potential provision of technical assistance and implementation support to the Program on Agricultural and Rural Transformation for Nutrition, Entrepreneurship, and Resilience (PARTNER), in Bangladesh. PARTNER is a joint loan project with a financial...![FAO Director-General showcases OCOP Initiative as powerful catalyst for change](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_53379425271_2abb070d80_w.jpg)
07 Dec 2023
Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, on Wednesday called on Members and all other stakeholders to provide financial, technical and human resources to support the implementation of FAO’s One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative, which can make a real impact to transform agrifood systems.