Science, Technology and Innovation

Partnership for co-developing research and innovation: sharing experiences from FAO and CIRAD, INRAE & IRD
Memorandum of Understanding between FAO and CIRAD, INRAE & IRD

When: 18 October 2022 | 16:00 – 17:45 hrs (CEST)

Where: Mexico Room

Modality: Hybrid

REGISTER

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.

The session will be interpreted in all UN languages, online through Airmeet platform, UN web TV and FAO.org webcast.

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 Mille
Science 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 Louafi
Deputy 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