The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today formalized its partnership with one of Asia’s leading Academic Institutes aiming at consolidating, developing and detailing their cooperation and effectiveness to achieve their common objectives in the field of sustainable development of the Asia and Pacific region.

The Asian Institute of Technology is an international institute of higher learning that was established in 1959 to help meet the region’s growing needs for advanced learning in engineering, science, technology and management, research and capacity building and, particularly, to develop highly qualified and committed professionals in areas relating to the region’s sustainable development and its integration into the global economy.