Uppsala – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) formalized their long-standing partnership today with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Signed by FAO Deputy Director-General, Beth Bechdol, and SLU Vice-Chancellor, Maria Knutson Wedel, at a ceremony in Uppsala, Sweden, this agreement marks a new chapter in a collaboration that has already contributed significantly to sustainable agriculture, natural resource management and food security. With a shared vision to co-create knowledge and advance innovation that can address critical issues...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) in Nepal have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This collaboration aims to leverage the expertise, knowledge, networks, and resources of respective organizations to enhance agricultural productivity, uplift farmers and farming communities, address climate action in agriculture and contribute to agrifood systems transformation and food security and nutrition in Nepal. Through research, knowledge development and exchange, provision of technical expertise, and capacity development of young professionals...

Galway. Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General, visited the University of Galway (UoG), one of Ireland’s top-rated universities for education and commitment to sustainable development. Founded in 1845, the University holds growing international prestige for the quality of its teaching and the global impact of its research, especially on issues of sustainability. The Ryan Institute Research Centre at the University of Galway, with postgraduate students of Agriculture,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance joint work. FAO's Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mario Lubetkin, and the Rector of the UPM, Guillermo Cisneros, signed the agreement in a ceremony held at the Rectorate UPM-Campus Ciudad Universitaria.  

Ithaca, New York - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu visited Cornell University and its food and agriculture research hub, Cornell AgriTech – a place where science, innovation and agrifood system transformation meets. Qu was introduced to the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and within it, the various departments dedicated to the study of agricultural sciences. Faculty members from programs such as the School of Integrative Plant Science, Department...