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FAO and The Natural Resources Institute Finland renew their partnership for a sustainable and integrated management of natural resources
21/09/2021
Following a successful collaboration, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) have renewed their partnership for another three years. This...
FAO-Academia and Research Institution Partnerships: Case studies on successful collaborations towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
26/07/2021
The Sustainable Development Goal 17 calls for revitalized global partnerships for sustainable development and among others, seeks to achieve enhanced North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and...
FAO and Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences take partnership to the next level
19/07/2021
19 July 2021, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),...
FAO cooperates with CGIAR to increase interoperability between food and agricultural information systems
24/06/2021
FAO and CGIAR have established a collaboration to enhance data sharing in the food and agricultural domain through the further use and enhancement of the AGROVOC Thesaurus, a multilingual controlled vocabulary that covers...
Launch ceremony of the modernized Williams Soil-Agronomic Museum | 20 May 2021
19/05/2021
20 May 2021 | Virtual (Zoom platform) | 10:30 - 16:45 GMT+3*
*Moscow time
The Williams Soil-Agronomic Museum, established in 1934 in Moscow, is one of the largest soil museums of the...
Apply for the World Food Forum Transformative Research Challenge!
10/05/2021
Save the date: Transformative Research Challenge official info session If you are a young or young-at-heart researcher who wants to transform our agri-food systems, then this event is for you!
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Strengthened cooperation on marine science and fisheries research in the Mediterranean
22/04/2021
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) signed today, on Earth Day, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University Mohammed First (UMP) and the Institut National de Recherche...
Laying the groundwork for more sustainable food systems
01/03/2021
As the world attempts to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic, partnerships are fundamental to create stronger, more resilient food systems. As we move towards the 2021 Food Systems...
FAO and the Universidade Federal do Parana partner to improve research in the areas of nutrition and natural resource management
27/02/2021
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Universidade Federal do Parana (UFPR) formalized their cooperation through the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding on February 26,...
Strategic partnerships with academia and research institutions in support of the SDGs
11/11/2020
Following the June 2020 publication on case studies of successful partnership practices and important outcomes with featured academia and research institutions, a second series of case studies showcases four key...
Advancing sustainable rural development in the Mediterranean
27/10/2020
Composed by thirteen Member States from the Mediterranean region, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) is an intergovernmental organization sharing common objectives with FAO.
The long history of...
FAO and Duke University partner to promote research on small-scale fisheries
15/10/2020
The world’s demand for fish is growing: over the last thirty years, there has been a 122% rise in fish consumption globally. In 2018, global capture fisheries recorded a catch...
FAO and Université Laval renew their commitment to a food-secure future
28/09/2020
Building on a history of successful collaboration, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Université Laval have renewed their partnership for another three years. The joint...
Sharing water in Rwanda’s breadbasket
27/08/2020
The Nyagatare district (Eastern Province) is Rwanda’s breadbasket - a vast area of agricultural land providing food for the entire country. The people of this district are mainly farmers, rearing...
African universities and research institutions: supporting family farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
10/08/2020
On 31 July, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), based in Uganda, brought together representatives...
The United Arab Emirates University and FAO collaborate to foster sustainable agriculture, food safety and healthy diets
15/07/2020
With the aim to build capacities for research and development to achieve food security and nutrition, the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
Strengthening knowledge exchanges for food security and sustainable food systems
12/07/2020
Rome/Florence – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and University of Florence (UNIFI) have agreed to partner in order to strengthen knowledge and expertise exchanges, capacity...
Academia and research institutions: a key partner in FAO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
07/07/2020
As the world copes with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing urgency to prevent the current health crisis from becoming a food crisis. Measures taken to...
New case studies showcase the importance of partnerships with academia and research institutions
19/06/2020
Owing to the expertise of their highly-skilled scholars and researchers, academia and research institutions have developed knowledge and capacities that make them uniquely able to assist the Members of the...
Supporting sustainable agricultural development in global drylands
05/06/2020
In an effort to support sustainable agricultural development and management of natural resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Centre for Agricultural Research in...