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Spotlight on ICBA and RUFORUM: FAO's strategic partnerships in Africa and the NENA region
26/09/2022
Agriculture and rural development are critical for ensuring food security and eradicating poverty. In this context, farmers’ livelihoods largely depend on agricultural activities, making them highly vulnerable to current challenges...
FAO and the University of Freiburg renew partnership to promote natural resources management in Central Asia
22/09/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the University of Freiburg (ALU-FR) have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), through 2025, to continue to collaborate on...
Land and Water Management in the Mediterranean – FAO and Universitá di Sassari join efforts
19/08/2022
Rome, Italy
Land degradation and desertification in the Mediterranean is becoming increasingly pronounced due to climate change and increasing pressures on agricultural and forest land. This has negative implications for...
FAO and Luiss Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli forge a new partnership to advance food and nutrition security, sustainability, inclusiveness, and resilience of agri-food systems
20/07/2022
Rome Italy
Building on a common vision for a sustainable and prosperous world, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Luiss Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali...
Innovative partnerships key to global food security, FAO Director-General says
18/06/2022
Siena, Italy - QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today underlined the importance of innovative partnerships, especially with academic institutions, in helping...
International Treaty & DivSeek International to Collaborate on Global Flow of Plant Information
06/06/2022
Rome, Italy, 06 June 2022 – FAO, on behalf of the International Treaty, and DivSeek International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at improving the interoperability of information systems dealing with...
FAO and Bahçeşehir University join forces to develop innovative and strategic approaches for better functioning agri-food systems and a healthy planet
30/05/2022
Ankara – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Bahçeşehir University (BAU) to collaborate in addressing the needs...
Strengthening capacities for enabling policy environment to support family farmers in Africa
18/05/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is collaborating with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) to strengthen the capacities of state and...
FAO, RUFORUM and UNZA collaborate to build capacity for creating an enabling policy environment to support family farmers
25/04/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and the University of Zambia (UNZA) will...
FAO and Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands celebrate new collaboration
11/04/2022
Wageningen, Netherlands/Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today formally launched a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wageningen University and Research (WUR) in the Netherlands,...
Improving conservation and sustainable use of living marine resources and marine ecosystems
04/04/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Maritime University (WMU), a United Nations General Assembly recognized global centre of excellence on maritime and ocean education,...
FAO and Michigan State University strengthen efforts to advance the development and dissemination of knowledge, data and technologies on sustainable aquatic foods, for nutrition security, livelihoods and trade
14/03/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Michigan State University, USA (MSU) strengthen efforts to advance the development and dissemination of knowledge, data and technologies through...
Reinvigorated collaborations to strengthen food security, natural resource management and sustainable mountain development
08/03/2022
In early 2022, the Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO), Ankara University (AU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) renewed their efforts to strengthen capacities,...
FAO and UPV sign a memorandum of understanding and launch a work plan for the next 3 years
17/12/2021
On 9 December 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) signed a memorandum of understanding during the High Level...
FAO and Wageningen University and Research step up joint efforts to advance innovative and strategic approaches for healthy agrifood systems and a healthy planet
13/12/2021
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Netherlands’ Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have enhanced their cooperation on innovative approaches to improve lives while...
FAO to host the Annual Academia Perspectives Roundtable
09/11/2021
FAO is set to host the Third Annual Academia Perspectives Roundtable entitled “Delivering Targeted and Impactful Results: Transformative Partnerships with Academia and Research Institution” on Monday, 15 November 2021 from...
Young Researchers Honored and Mentored at World Food Forum
08/10/2021
The second day of the 5-day WFF flagship event was entirely devoted to innovation, and began with young researchers pitching their projects at the Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) finals. The...
New academia partners to achieve the SDGs
07/10/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been very busy in the last few months developing new partnerships with the academia and research institutions. The FAO...
UN’s FAO and AIT share expertise to accelerate sustainable agri-food systems transformations
05/10/2021
05/10/2021 Bangkok
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today formalized its partnership with one of Asia’s leading Academic Institutes aiming at consolidating, developing and detailing their cooperation and...
Improving Agricultural Landscapes to foster biodiversity and raise nutrition
30/09/2021
On September 29, 2021 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) entered into partnership to bolster food security and...