The objective of this collaboration is to undertake technical cooperation in specific countries, especially those countries in which FAO and Syngenta both operate. The parties will maintain close consultations with a view to coordinate policy and plans of action relating to weather influence on food and agriculture, and may work with local entities belonging to Syngenta to mutually develop, on a rolling basis, specific country-level programmes. FAO and Syngenta have agreed to explore the following areas for joint work: (i) promoting of financial tools to overcome barriers to access agro-technologies; (ii) providing technical and in-kind support to the Hand-in-Hand-Initiative country-level initiatives to be developed, especially in countries where Syngenta is already present and active; (iii) promoting innovative agri-business models for transferring agro-technology to small farmers, including digital development for effective agribusiness management; (iv) awareness raising of the risks associated with counterfeit products; (v) research on potential crops and value chain integration for more profitable farming; (vi) promoting more water efficient technologies; (vii) climate smart agriculture; (viii) risk management and crop insurance modelling; (ix) development of methodologies for assessing and improving food production based on geographic and weather products to support on-farm management; and (x) scientific and policy research and policy advocacy.
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