Galway. Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General, visited the University of Galway (UoG), one of Ireland’s top-rated universities for education and commitment to sustainable development.

Founded in 1845, the University holds growing international prestige for the quality of its teaching and the global impact of its research, especially on issues of sustainability.

The Ryan Institute Research Centre at the University of Galway, with postgraduate students of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Bioeconomy, is the multidisciplinary research institute working on the impact of sustainability and innovation in four thematic research areas: marine and coastal, energy and climate change, agriculture and bioeconomy, and environment and health.

The institute consists of 12 Research Centers spanning these four thematic areas of research and responsible for more than 350 research projects, with more than 500 full-time researchers.

The FAO Director-General signed a Letter of Intent with the UoG to support research collaboration and strengthen cooperation on common goals between FAO and the University: eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, progressively ensuring a world in which people at all times have sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for  a healthy life; elimination of poverty and the driving forward of economic and social progress, with increased food production, enhanced rural development and sustainable livelihoods; sustainable management and utilization of natural resources, including land, water, air, climate and genetic resources, and transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.