Developing innovative and sustainable solutions for healthy food systems and a healthy planet A strategic partnership with Wageningen University & Research
2021
FAO and Wageningen University & Research are promoting and putting into practice innovative and sustainable approaches which have the potential to improve lives and encourage care of our planet as foreseen by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Joint capacity development actions, expertise exchanges, project implementation and resource mobilization efforts help to enhance FAO’s work to improve food and nutrition security and sustainability of natural resources.
Enhancing resilience in African francophone countries
2021
The scale-up note on the partnership between FAO and the University of Liège illustrates the most important results achieved through this strategic collaboration including the enhancement of capacities and resilience in African francophone communities. The activities targeted several areas such as zoonotic and plant diseases, climate change, rural youth, sustainable development, natural resources, and food security.
Estrategia de la FAO para la colaboración con el sector privado, 2021-2025
2021
Esta estrategia está específicamente dirigida a los distintos tipos de actores dentro del sector privado, desde grandes empresas nacionales y multinacionales hasta instituciones financieras, microempresas y pequeñas y medianas empresas, organizaciones de la industria y del comercio y consorcios que representan los intereses del sector privado, agricultores y organizaciones de agricultores, organizaciones de productores, cooperativas y fundaciones filantrópicas.
One Health Building resiliency to strengthen food and nutrition security
2020
FAO and Texas A&M AgriLife are partnering to develop capacities and build resilience contributing to healthy and sustainable animal production. This collaboration functions as a vehicle for the development of innovative tools, resources, and training in support of the One Health approach, which links animal wellbeing to public health and food security.
Developing capacities for agricultural innovation through research and education across Europe and developing countries
2020
This brochure presents key achievements of FAO's partnership with AGRINATURA in the area of capacity development and innovation. It aims to highlight joint activities implemented since the signature of the partnership agreement, including the joint implementation of CDAIS project, funded by the European Union, and its impacts in eight pilot countries targeted by the project.
Food and Nutrition Security Resilience Programme Building food system resilience in protracted crises
2020
This briefing note gives an overview of a new initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), funded by the Government of the Netherlands, to boost resilience and food security in Somalia, South Sudan and the Sudan, all of which are faced with severe hunger and protracted crises.
The economics of pastoralism in Argentina, Chad and Mongolia Market participation and multiple livelihood strategies in a shock-prone environment
2020
This study, featuring Argentina, Chad, and Mongolia, uncovers how pastoralists leverage diverse resources and strategies for economic sustenance, and contribute to national GDPs, yet remain overlooked in policy and investment. Through collaborative efforts, the study advocates for informed policies and partnerships to empower pastoralist communities in managing their own data and fostering sustainable development.
Enhancing knowledge on climate change mitigation and adaptation for food security and nutrition
2020
Recognizing that partnerships can enhance and facilitate opportunities that foster research and education projects for developing capacities, FAO and Université Laval, are leveraging their technical expertise and resources to advance actions in the areas of agroforestry, climate change mitigation and adaptation, food safety, and food security and nutrition.
Mountain sustainability - Building capacity to promote the sustainable development of mountain communities and ecosystems
2020
The scale-up note on the partnership between FAO and the University of Torino showcases some of the activities that have been undertaken to promote the development of capacities on sustainable mountain development and its link to the Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 6, 12, 13 and 15.
Water accounting in the Nile river basin
2020
This report describes the water accounting study for the Nile River Basin carried out by IHE-Delft using the Water Productivity (WaPOR) data portal of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). The Nile River Basin faces a huge challenge in terms of water security. In the next twenty-five years, water supply in the basin will be further depleted as demands continues to grow. Water availability in the basin will also be threatened by climate change and variability and pollution.
Strengthening food security through innovative aquaculture management
2020
The scale-up note "Strengthening food security through innovative aquaculture management “ highlights the key results obtained through the strategic partnership with Mississippi State University on collaborations on combatting antimicrobial resistence, innovations in food security, improving aquaculture biosecurity, and preparing a next generation of food security practitioners.
Linking academia and local communities for enhancing sustainable agriculture and reducing rural poverty in Africa
2020
This scale-up note aims to raise awareness of the achievements of the FAO's partnership with the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), while providing a concrete example of the Community-Based Field Placement Programme implemented to strengthen knowledge exchanges between rural communities and academia on innovative approaches to sustainable agriculture and rural poverty reduction and to develop capacities of the youth.
Action against desertification UCLouvain: A strategic partnership to promote global climate change mitigation and adaptation, and combat desertification
2020
The scale-up note “Action against desertification” highlights the key results obtained through the strategic partnership with the University of Louvain in the areas of “Development of sustainable management and restoration of dryland forest and agrosilvopastoral systems” and “Statistics and monitoring” while targeting Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 11, 13 and 15.
Enhancing national awareness of food security and rural development: A strategic partnership with Ankara University
2020
The collaboration between FAO and Ankara University is a strategic partnership that allowed to enhance national awareness on topics such as food security and safety, natural resource management and rural development while targeting Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 4, 13 and 15. Additional results focus on data collection activities for a resilience impact evaluation, and the development of FAO Turkey communication abilities.
Water accounting in the Awash river basin
2020
This report provides the water accounting study for Awash River basin in Ethiopia carried out by IHE-Delft using the Water Productivity (WaPOR) data portal of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). The Awash River Basin is the most utilized river basin in Ethiopia hosting most of the industrial activities in the country, a number of small to large scale irrigation schemes and the main population centres of the country with more than 18.6 million people (2017 estimate).
FAO+France: Partnering for food security and prosperity
2020
This report provides a comprehensive overview of France's partnership and valuable contribution to the work of FAO in recent years, highlighting concrete results achieved in relation to food security, nutrition, resilience and sustainability at country, regional and international levels.
Water accounting in the Litani river basin
2019
This report provides the water accounting study for Litani River basin in Lebanon carried out by IHE Delft using the Water Productivity open data portal (WaPOR) of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Increasing challenges such as growing population, climate change, groundwater over-exploitation and inter-basin transfers have put the available water resources in the basin under stress.
Food systems at risk New trends and challenges
2019
The evolving food systems pose significant risks, threatening their own sustainability. Despite global improvements, inequalities persist, exacerbating nutritional and social issues, especially in Low-Income and Lower Middle-Income countries. This report urges stakeholders to recognize the systemic nature of food systems and address their multiple risks for a more sustainable and equitable future.
WaPOR quality assessment Technical report on the data quality of the WaPOR FAO database version 1.0
2019
This report describes the quality assessment of the FAO’s data portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open access of Remotely sensed derived data (WaPOR 1.0). The WaPOR 1.0 data portal has been prepared as a major output of the project: ´Using Remote Sensing in support of solutions to reduce agricultural water productivity gaps’, funded by the Government of The Netherlands.
Highlights of the FAO-Cirad partnership
2017
Joint publication of FAO and CIRAD on the three-year partnership (collaborating on key themes of agroecology, animal health, family farming and climate change) highlighting FAO and CIRAD expertise to contribute to the achievement of the FAO mandate, Strategic Objectives and the Sustainable Developmental Goals.