16 June 2014, Windhoek - A new agreement to boost agricultural production as well as tackle food and nutrition insecurity in Namibia, has been launched today. The USD$ 1.5 million agreement signed by the Governments of Namibia and China in together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will run for two years.
The agreement was developed within the context of the FAO-China “South-South Cooperation” Strategic Partnership. South-South Cooperation projects help developing countries benefit from innovations, lessons learned and good practices, tried and tested elsewhere in the southern hemisphere – with conditions and challenges similar to their own.
“The benefits brought about by the mutual sharing and exchange of development solutions including knowledge, experiences, policies, good practice, technology and resources – are enormous especially if properly adopted and adapted to the local environment”, said FAO Representative in Namibia - Babagana Ahmadu.


FAO Namibia China- South South Cooperation

Video interview at cabiri, Vocational Training Center for Youth-
By Liliane Kambirigi - 9 December 2014

FAO Angola - Mamoudou Diallo - Urban Horticulture - Cabiri

In an interview with FAO Africa, Angolan Minister for Family and Women Promotion, Mrs Filomena Delgado, talks about the action of the Angolan Government in favour of families and Women. 
(by Liliane Kambirigi). 

Dec 2014, Luanda

Angola Minister Family & Women Promotion - Filomena Delgado.MP3

FAO's State of Food and Agriculture.
The State of Food and Agriculture 2012 shows that farmers are the largest source of investment in agriculture. To encourage the world's more than one billion farmers to be central to any strategy for increasing investment in the sector, a favorable investment climate is indispensable to unlock potential in many rural areas, adds the report. 
The following are excerpts from the FAO Press conference launching The State of Food and Agriculture 2012.

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva 
"Farmers and their associations and cooperatives are crucial in the effort to put farmers at the centre of the new strategy of investment in agriculture"

SOFA-DG-FAO-J-Graziano-da-Silva-en

All audio/radio materials produced by or for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Regional office, Accra, Ghana. 
