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.
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.
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.