Developing the capacities of future agrifood systems transformation leaders
2026
Highlights results of the FAO–Luiss collaboration, launched in 2018 and formalized by a 2022 MoU. Focused on developing youth capacities for a sustainable future, Luiss integrates FAO e-learning into its programmes and promotes their use. The partnership offers students knowledge and hands-on experience through FAO fora, the World Food Forum and UN Model activities, strengthening future agrifood leaders.
FAO’s partnerships with non-state actors Partnerships report 2024
2025
Unity drives FAO’s mission to tackle global challenges and ensure food security for all. This report highlights FAO’s 2024 partnerships with academia, civil society, and the private sector, showcasing achievements, global reach, and success stories aligned with the “Four Betters.” It also covers events, capacity development, and outreach efforts that strengthened collaboration toward the SDGs.
Transforming agrifood systems through science and innovation A Strategic Partnership with Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
2025
This publication highlights the FAO–WUR partnership to advance sustainable agrifood systems through science, innovation, and capacity development. It showcases achievements from 2021–2025, including joint research, digital tools like SEPAL and WaPOR, contributions to fisheries and resilience, youth engagement via the World Food Forum, and support for evidence-based policymaking and climate-resilient agriculture.
Enhancing Knowledge
2025
This publication showcases the FAO-IHE Delft collaboration on using remote sensing data (WaPOR) for sustainable water and agricultural management. It highlights key results from 2022–2024, including trainings, MOOCs, tool co-development, and database enhancements. Aligned with FAO’s Strategic Framework, it supports climate-resilient agriculture and data-driven decision-making, offering practical insights for stakeholders and promoting innovative water management solutions.
Enhancing knowledge and collaboration for sustainable development A Strategic Partnership with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
2025
This publication showcases the FAO-IHE Delft collaboration on using remote sensing data (WaPOR) for sustainable water and agricultural management. It highlights key results from 2022–2024, including trainings, MOOCs, tool co-development, and database enhancements. Aligned with FAO’s Strategic Framework, it supports climate-resilient agriculture and data-driven decision-making, offering practical insights for stakeholders and promoting innovative water management solutions.
Strengthening horticulture-based food systems for sustainable livelihoods and food and nutrition security
2024
The partnership between FAO and ISHS promotes the application of horticultural science through exchanges of knowledge, expertise, and experience contributing to food safety, food and nutrition security and sustainable food production systems. Sustainable horticulture-based food systems foster inclusive growth and can strengthen livelihoods, particularly of poor and vulnerable family farmers, input suppliers and post-harvest service providers.
Partnerships with non-state actors at FAO – Progress report 2023
2024
The Partnerships with Non-State Actors at FAO – Progress Report 2023 provides a summary of FAO's partnership activities with non-state actors in 2023. The report offers an overview of FAO's level of engagement with various non-state actors, including civil society organizations, producer organizations, Indigenous Peoples, parliamentarians, and academic and research institutions, to contribute to the Four Betters and address the challenges of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Empowering youth through digitalinnovation and entrepreneurship
2024
FAO and Zhejiang University recognize the vital role of youth, startups, innovation and digital technologies in modernizing agriculture and creating rural employment. Together, they foster an environment that supports innovation and entrepreneurship, while strengthening the capacity of policymakers, practitioners and smallholders, especially youth, women and startups, to use digital tools to enhance agrifood systems. This publication presents key activities and achievements of the collaboration.
Water–energy–food–health nexus in Lebanon
2024
The study assessed the sustainability of the Mediterranean diet in Lebanon through a water-energy-food system analysis. It aimed to: 1) identify interconnections between these systems; 2) create a nexus framework to assess intervention trade-offs; 3) gauge stakeholder perceptions and willingness to implement interventions.
Partnerships with non-state actors at FAO: Progress report 2022
2023
This annual report presents the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)'s accomplishments in engaging with non-state actors (NSAs) during 2022, in alignment with the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031. The report highlights FAO's efforts to revitalize its approach to support the 2030 Agenda by fostering more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems.
Promoting soils for better nutrition, better production and a better life: A renewed collaboration with Lomonosov Moscow State University
2023
The partnership between FAO and Lomonosov University aims to strengthen innovative agricultural knowledge systems, such as the Eurasian Soil Partnership Portal; and promote knowledge exchange and outreach by raising awareness of FAO’s key themes, initiatives and capacity development.
A disaggregation of indicator 6.4.2 “Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources” at river basin district level in Italy
2023
This report is the presentation of the methodology applied in Italy to spatially disaggregate the computation of the level of water stress from the national to the subnational scale (SDG indicator 6.4.2). Compared to the national assessment, which results in a low level of water stress in the country, the spatial disaggregation of the indicator by the hydrological unit highlighted the presence of basins affected by water stress exceeding 60 per cent (district of the Po river basin).
Illuminating Hidden Harvests The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
2023
Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development (hereinafter IHH) is a study uncovering the contributions and impacts of small-scale fisheries through a multidisciplinary approach. The study provides information that quantifies and improves understanding of the crucial role of small-scale fisheries in the areas of food security and nutrition, sustainable livelihoods, poverty eradication and healthy ecosystems.
Enhancing the cotton sector in Latin America and the Caribbean with innovation’s technologies through South-South cooperation
2022
The case study on the collaboration between FAO and the Embrapa aims to highlight the results achieved within the framework of the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Program with a particular focus on Embrapa's technical support during the implementation of the +Cotton Project in five countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
Mainstreaming biodiversity in forestry
2022
This study is a collaboration between FAO and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), lead centre of the CGIAR research programme on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA). Illustrated by eight country case-studies, the report reviews progress and outlines the technical and policy tools available for countries and stakeholders, as well as the steps needed, to effectively mainstream biodiversity in forestry.
Developing capacities to enhance sustainable agrifood systems and combating climate change
2022
The case study on the collaboration between FAO and the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid will emphasize on collaborations to develop capacities and raise awareness on topics related to Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forest. Further key results focus on the generation and dissemination of knowledge products as well as the assessment and systematization of good practices on food security, nutrition governance, rural economics and climate smart agriculture.
Building resilience and sustainability into food systems in marginal environments
2022
Highlights key results achieved under the FAO and the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) partnership established through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2015 and renewed in 2020.
Developing capacities to better contribute to the improvement of food security and nutrition in Africa
2022
Highlights key results achieved under the FAO and RUFORUM (Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture) partnership established through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in October 2017 and renewed in 2020.
Labelling and certification schemes for Indigenous Peoples' foods Generating income while protecting and promoting Indigenous Peoples’ values
2022
This review, for the first time to date, analyses the potential of labelling and certification schemes for Indigenous Peoples to market their food products. Specifically, it looks at those schemes that are designed by, with and for Indigenous Peoples, and that can provide economic, social and environmental benefits while protecting and promoting their unique values centered around the respect of life and Mother Earth.
Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets
2021
Sustainable Public Food Procurement (PFP) represents a key game changer for food systems transformation. It can influence both food consumption and food production patterns. It can deliver multiple social, economic, and environmental benefits towards sustainable food systems for healthy diets. This publication aims to contribute to the improved understanding, dissemination, and use of PFP as a development tool in particular in the case of school meals programmes.