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![FAO-Roma Tre University partnership: generating evidence-based analysis to support inclusion and resilience of small-scale family farmers](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_49468552121_b8e730ec5f_k.jpg)
31 Jan 2020
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Roma Tre University showcased findings from a joint study on producer organizations, highlighting strategies that can be used to ensure the inclusion of poor family farmers in cooperatives and producer organizations (POs). The study, which ran from 2018-2019, contributes both to FAO Strategic Objective 3 – Reduce rural poverty, and Pillar 4 of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming, Strengthen family farmers’ organizations and capacities to generate knowledge, represent farmers and provide inclusive services in the urban-rural continuum.
Masters students from Roma Tre undertook fieldwork...![FAO CIMMYT and USAID discuss ways to tackle Fall Armyworm Desert Locust and other crop-devastating pests and diseases](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_49453632508_28ca76a75d_c.jpg)
28 Jan 2020
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Martin Kropff, Director-General of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). The two were also joined by Robert Bertram, Chief Scientist of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). During the meeting they highlighted the urgent need to develop new evidence based solutions and toolkits to tackle the most destructive pests in agriculture, specifically Fall Armyworm (FAW).
In this context, QU referred to the launch of the FAO’s Global Action for FAW Control in December 2019 and the establishment of the Steering Committee as a major step forward in this...![FAO and Kyoto University partner to reduce food waste](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_KU_Ayaka_Nomura.png)
28 Jan 2020
A pilot project implemented by Kyoto University (KU) in 2019, aimed at raising awareness on food waste in canteens on the campus, and enhancing the knowledge and engagement of students in reducing food loss and waste, determined that approximately 20 per cent of food is wasted in canteens on campus. Research findings under the pilot highlighted that the most wasted foods on the campus include side vegetables, rice and noodles, and parts of fish. ![FAO teams up with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Jaxa-japonesa.png)
23 Jan 2020
Partnership adds powerful L-band radar data to FAO’s geospatial toolkit to monitor forests around the world
FAO will bolster the scale and scope of its geospatial monitoring toolkit thanks to collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (![FAO and Japan to explore innovative solutions for achieving sustainable development](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_innovation japan.jpg)
20 Jan 2020
The latest FAO + Japan report the will be presented during the Annual Strategic Consultation in Tokyo
FAO will attend the fourth Annual Strategic Consultation with the Government of Japan on Tuesday 21 January 2020, in Tokyo, Japan. The objective is to review the progress of their partnership and discuss common priorities and new humanitarian and development projects for the year ahead.