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Objective(s) of the engagement

Exchange information on food security and sustainable agriculture, with a focus on the following technical areas of collaboration:

  1. Plant Breeding and Genetics (including plant health);
  2. Food Safety and Control;
  3. Animal Production and Health;
  4. Soil and Water Management;
  5. Insect Pest Control – with capacity development as a cross-cutting element.

Enhance capacities and pilot innovative solutions that will facilitate greater adoption of sustainable agriculture techniques globally and at the country level.

Support FAO and its Members in harnessing science, technology and innovation (STI) for the transformation of agrifood systems.

Thematic area of partnership
Production, Nutrition
GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS
Global, Global or Regional
Engagement Mechanisms
Technical cooperation, Knowledge and research, Innovation, SDG alignment
Progress to date

Previous engagement with the proposed counterpart were on technical and scientific discussions. For example, on 17 October 2022, Dr Wang Jian, Co-Founder and Chairperson of the BGI Group and Chairperson of BGI Genomics, participated as a speaker at the Joint Grand Opening of the World Food Forum, the FAO Science and Innovation Forum, and the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum. As a scientist and entrepreneur, he contributed to the discussions on the role of private sector in the agrifood system transformation. On 12 October 2022, BGI conducted one of the 95 side events that preceded the FAO Science and Innovation Forum. The side event “A cutting-edge genomics technology that revolutionizes plant and animal research” discussed the Stereo-seq technology (Spatial Enhanced Resolution Sequencing), a promising tool enabling the study of complex biological processes that opens broad avenues for applications in food and agriculture.

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Related SDGs
Country of registry
China
Partner Website
https://www.bgi.com/global
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