The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General Qu Dongyu and the President of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Wu Kongming signed the FAO-CAAS Innovation Platform Agreement online on December 12, 2022. The Agreement aims to boost agricultural research, science and technology innovation, as well as promote the agrifood systems transformation.

As an important part of the FAO-CAAS collaboration mechanism, this innovation platform will organize joint events on innovation at regional and global levels to support global sustainable development.

Qu Dongyu highlighted that the innovation platform is committed to be a governance platform for agricultural science and technology that targets the Asia-Pacific region and serves the whole world. He hoped that the establishment of the platform will be conducive to the sharing of China’s practices and experience with other countries and regions, agricultural development in developing countries and the transformation of regional and global agricultural and food systems. 

Wu Kongming pointed out that the FAO-CAAS Innovation Platform attests to the long-term and sound cooperation between FAO and CAAS. He suggested that the two sides should make full use of their respective technical and human resources, as well as conduct practical cooperation at various levels and in various fields. Furthermore, the two sides shall leverage the role of the platform in South-South cooperation to generate spillover effect in agricultural development worldwide.