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On 16 October, during World Food Day, a solemn ceremony was held to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FAO and the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (RSAU-MTAA). “Food, our daily bread, is the foundation of everything. Food is one of the main public goods. Today, it is necessary to produce more food so that there is enough of...

On 17 October, FAO will host the Fifth Annual Academia Perspectives Roundtable – a hybrid, interactive dialogue on the role of FAO partnerships with academia and research institutions to address climate change and food security, as a side event at the World Food Forum (WFF). Climate change is increasingly threatening the global goal to end hunger, causing disruption to agrifood systems and impacting food security and nutrition for the most vulnerable countries and populations. Ambitious action and...

In partnership since 2010, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Mississippi State University (MSU) continue to work together for a sustainable food-secure future. The partnership is leveraging science and innovation to forward the One Health Approach which sees an integrated, unifying plan that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. On June 26-27, 2023, MSU President Dr. Mark E. Keenum led an MSU delegation visit to FAO headquarters for the launch of MSU as an FAO Reference Centre on Antimicrobial Resistance and Aquaculture Biosecurity. MSU’s designation as an FAO...

In June 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Italian Research Institutions (IRIs), namely the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria (CREA), Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) and the Istituto superiore per la protezione e la ricerca ambientale (ISPRA) co-organized a hybrid event on “Innovation for drought and agriculture” to celebrate “World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought,” which takes place every year on 17 June.  The hybrid event, facilitated by Selvaraju Ramasamy, Senior Officer in FAO’s...

Patrick Stover, Ph.D. is the focal point for the TAMUS partnership with FAO. Joined by a IHA/TAMUS delegation, Dr. Stover recently undertook a mission to the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture in Vienna and FAO headquarters in Rome. The mission allowed TAMUS and FAO to reflect on the many successes of the partnership since 2014 and exchange information on new programmes and initiatives to strengthen their common vision for sustainable agri-food systems that improve human, environmental, and economic health. FAO speaks with Dr. Stover: