Cooperation with the Democratic Republic of the Congo dates back to 1978 when FAO opened its country office. Assistance has focused on improving food and nutrition security, including support to the formulation of policies and strategies for agricultural and rural development, natural resource management and resilience building in the face of climate change.

Israel became an FAO member in 1949, and has provided highly valuable expertise to FAO and its member countries. In addition to offering technical assistance to FAO projects on capacity development for pest and pesticide management, Israel’s agency for International Development regularly holds technical training sessions in many areas of agriculture and development. These are circulated to FAO stakeholders in developing countries, several of whom have participated in and benefited from the training.

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2016/REP
Session: Sess. 23

The partnership between Uzbekistan and FAO has been evolving since the country joined the Organization in 2001, and it was recently strengthened with the opening of a Representation in 2014 and the signing of a Host Country Agreement. Delivered through national as well as regional projects, technical assistance has covered a wide range of areas, including diversification of cropping systems, livestock production and disease control, locust control activities and increased fisheries production.

The second meeting of Biodiversity, Habitat and Water Quality, subject of this report, was organized in Banjul (The Gambia) from 12 to 14 March 2013. All representatives of the countries (except from Morocco) as well as the RCU URC and the project partners were able to participate.

Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-I/13/Report
Session: Sess.1

Matériel d'Information pour l'Année Internationale des Sols (AIS 2015).

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2016/REP
Session: Sess. 23

يعرض هذا الكتاب العقود السبعة من تاريخ منظمة الأغذية والزراعة، روادها الأوائل ومساعيهم. فقد غصنها في أرشيف المنظمة لنخرج إلى النور صورا نادرة بالأبيض والأسود لم تنشر فيما سبق، والتي تمثل محفظة للسنوات الأولى من تاريخ المنظمة. ويعتبر هذا الكتاب أيضا سجلا للإنجازات العشرة الكبرى في تاريخ المنظمة والتي نذكر منها القضاء على الطاعون البقري؛ المعاهدة الدولية بشأن الموارد النباتية الوراثية التي تحظى بأهمية كبيرة في ضمان التنوع الحيوي على كوكب الأرض، ومدونة السلوك الرشيد لأنشطة إنتاج الأحياء البحرية الهامة والضرورية للحفاظ على النظام البيئي البحري.

Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-I/13/Report
Session: Sess.1

Over the coming 35 years, agriculture will face an unprecedented confluence of pressures, including a 30 percent increase in the global population, intensifying competition for increasingly scarce land, water and energy resources, and the existential threat of climate change. To provide for a population projected to reach 9.3 billion in 2050 and support changing dietary patterns, estimates are that food production will need to increase from the current 8.4 billion tonnes to almost 13.5 billion tonnes a year.

Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 19. Ce rapport a été écrit faisant partie du processus global de consultation et d’élaboration des Directives Volontaires et vise à contribuer à la préparation subséquente du Guide Technique pour le Genre. Le rapport contextualise et définit le genre dans le cadre des Directives Volontaires, explique ce que signifie gouvernance foncière d’une prospective genre et identifie et analyse les principaux thèmes et questions.