FAO AND THE NETHERLAND'S FMO PARTNER TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL FINANCING...
FAO and the Netherland's FMO partner to improve agriculture financing in developing countries... Focus includes improving agri-business management skills, sustainable agro-ecological and processing practices and food loss-reduction techniques... Roberto Ridolfi, FAO Assistant-Director-General for Programme Support and Technical Cooperation and Pieternel Boogaard, Director of the Agribusiness, Food and Water Department of FMO at today's signing ceremony, 18 October 2019, Rome - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and FMO , the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank today launched a formal partnership which aims to increase investments in favor of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and small-scale producers operating within the agribusiness sector in developing countries. According to the Memorandum of Understanding, over the next two years, FAO and FMO will work with members of farmers' organizations, staff of SMEs and rural microfinance institution...