Partnership for co-developing research and innovation: sharing experiences from FAO and CIRAD, INRAE & IRD
Memorandum of Understanding between FAO and CIRAD, INRAE & IRD
FAO and French Research Institutes (FRI) have a strong and long-standing commitment to cooperate for co-developing knowledge, expertise, capacities and innovations in a large range of thematic areas from rural development, land use, production, nutrition, livestock, water, soil, as also agroecology, biodiversity and digital technologies. This special event celebrates the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FAO and the three major French research institutes for rural and agricultural development, and environment: the International Center for Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE) and the Research Institute for Development (IRD). Under this renewed framework agreement, five technical areas of cooperation have been established : (1) Improving the coherence of food security and nutrition policies and their effective implementation by States, in particular to encourage sustainable and responsible investments, within the framework of strengthened global governance; (2) Support to the transition towards multiple performances (economic, social and environmental) of food systems and territories, in particular to contribute to the creation of decent rural jobs and improve the incomes of family farmers, more particularly through agro-ecological approaches; (3) Strengthening health security and the prevention and response to diseases, in the plant, animal and food fields, to contribute to the improvement of global health in a "One Health" approach; (4) Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable populations and improving the prevention and management of crises, in particular food crises; (5) Contribute to the implementation of the FAO climate change strategy, with a view to the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the FAO biodiversity strategy. The ambition of this renewed memorandum of understanding is to strengthen synergies between FAO experts and researchers from the three French research institutes towards more science-based policy-making and foresight as well as contributions to FAO’s strategic frameworks, to the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement.
AGENDA
16:00- 16:20
Opening statements
Laurent Thomas
DDG, FAO
Valérie Verdier
President-CEO of IRD
Philippe Mauguin
President-CEO of INRAE
Elisabeth Claverie de Saint-Martin
President-CEO of CIRAD
Moderator: Fatouma Seid
Deputy Director of PSU, FAO
16:20-17:00
FAO and FRI joint work and foreseen collaboration towards impacts
Moderator: Raoul MilleScience Advisor at the Permanent mission of France to the United Nations in Rome
Benjamin Roche
Research Director, IRD
Zelalem Tadesse
Senior Animal Health Officer, CJWZ, FAO
Pascal Bonnet
Deputy Director of DigitAg, CIRAD
Nevena Alexandrova
Senior Extension Officer, OIN, FAO
Jean-François Soussana
Vice President for International Relations, INRAE
Anne Mottet
Livestock Development Officer, NSAG, FAO
17:00 – 17:30
Research and Innovation partnerships for transforming agrifood systems
Moderator: Selim LouafiDeputy Director for Research and Strategy at CIRAD
Selvaraju Ramasamy
Senior Agricultural Officer, OIN, FAO
Jean-Luc Chotte
Research Director, IRD
Hugo de Vries
Research Director, INRAE
Aurélie Toillier
Innovation Scientist, OIN, FAO/CIRAD
17:30 – 17:40
Ceremony of signature of the renewed MOU between FAO and FRI
Ismahane Elouafi
Chief Scientist, FAO
Elisabeth Claverie de Saint-Martin
President-CEO of CIRAD
Philippe Mauguin
President-CEO of INRAE
Valérie Verdier
President-CEO of IRD
Moderator: Fatouma Seid
Deputy Director of PSU, FAO
17:40-17:45
Closing of the ceremony and of the event
Ismahane Elouafi
Chief Scientist, FAO