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New partnerships with French research institutions to boost food security and sustainable development
21/02/2018
On 16 February FAO and four major French research and education institutions - the Agriculture Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), the National Institute for Agriculture Research (INRA), the National Research...
In Review: FAO and CIRAD Celebrate Four Years of Partnership
05/12/2017
Looking back over the past four years of their successful partnership, FAO and Cirad are honoring this occasion through the co-publication of the Highlights of the FAO-Cirad partnership. This E-booklet...
Linking youth and rural communities in Africa
10/11/2017
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Development in Agriculture (RUFORUM) has launched an initiative on “Community-based Field Attachments” to provide opportunities for postgraduate and doctoral students in agriculture sciences to...
FAO and the University of Lisbon: partnering to improve food security and nutrition
07/11/2017
On 2 November 2017 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the University of Lisbon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration on improving food...
FAO and RUFORUM announce new partnership
27/10/2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacities Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding and committed to...
FAO links up with the oldest agrarian university in Russia
24/10/2017
Partnerships continue to expand the visibility and impact of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Russian Federation. The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
FAO and the Université de Liège announce new partnership
04/10/2017
In view of the Université de Liège’s (ULiège) widely-recognized valuable contributions of scientific research and education in the areas of FAO’s mandate, both institutions have agreed to formalize a partnership...
FAO and Université Laval announce new partnership
25/09/2017
On the occasion of the International Symposium on Food Security and Nutrition in the Age of Climate Change, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Université...
FAO and RUFORUM launch an E-learning Hub for African universities
13/09/2017
FAO and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) has recently launched an E-learning Hub to facilitate the access of students and researchers from African universities to...
FAO and Kyoto University collaborate to hold the International Symposium on the Impact of Climate Change on Food and Agriculture
21/06/2017
Kyoto University and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) jointly held the International Symposium on the Impact of Climate Change on Food and Agriculture to mark the one year anniversary...
FAO and the Mississippi State University (MSU) sponsor the briefing on “Blue Growth: Future of Fish as a Significant Food Source” at the US Congress
16/06/2017
The Mississippi State University (MSU) and the Liaison Office for North America of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) sponsored a Congressional Legislative Briefing on “Blue Growth: Future of Fish...
FAO and the Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy jointly promote effective water management in agriculture
12/06/2017
The FAO office in Russia organized a roundtable - webinar with the Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy on “Effective use of water resources in agriculture and agroecology” in...
FAO and CATIE: joining efforts for more sustainable forestry, landscape restoration and climate change mitigation in Latin America
24/05/2017
FAO and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) in Costa Rica have reaffirmed their commitment to collaborate by signing an agreement to renew their partnership.
CATIE is a...
WUR and FAO: Taking Action Through Partnership
10/05/2017
Food security can only be achieved through effective collaboration with all interested actors in the food and agriculture sector by making use of each other’s knowledge, experience and comparative advantages
In...
Russia looks to smart technologies for the future of agroecology and farming
13/04/2017
Moscow, Russian Federation – Optimizing farming under existing soil and climatic conditions in Russia’s main agricultural regions was the focus of a roundtable discussion here today at the Russian State...
IRRI and FAO step up joint efforts to globally bolster sustainable rice production
30/03/2017
FAO and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have agreed to cooperate more closely to support sustainable rice production in developing countries to improve food security and livelihoods while safeguarding...
FAO strengthens collaboration with the academia to achieve food security
20/03/2017
The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, especially in the areas of food security and poverty reduction, requires strong and enhanced partnerships with different sections of the society. The...
FAO and Belgian Université Catholique de Louvain sign partnership to tackle climate change challenges
19/12/2016
Building bridges between science and development to combat climate change and its impacts is at the heart of a new partnership agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
FAO and Sapienza University of Rome strengthen their collaboration on Statistics, Food Security and Climate Change
03/11/2016
Today, FAO and Sapienza entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to underline their long-standing collaboration on the themes of Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, among others.
The MoU, signed by...
IFPRI and FAO Joint Statement - Partnership for Better Food Security and Nutrition
20/09/2016
The first ever visit of FAO Director-General to IFPRI’s headquarters in Washington last week celebrated four decades of rich partnership that has generated cutting-edge technical knowledge and enhanced expertise for...