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![Improving sustainable management of natural resources and climate change adaptation](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_48037500856_80acae125f_k.jpg)
Fao-Academia
14 Jun 2019
Partnership with the American University of Beirut will address issues of sustainable agriculture and water scarcity
Rome – FAO and the American University of Beirut (AUB) have agreed to work in partnership to promote food security and nutrition, particularly in Lebanon and the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region, through sustainable agriculture and improved management of natural resources.
The American University of Beirut, a private teaching-centered research university, was founded in 1866 and is recognized as one of the leading universities in the region. FAO and AUB have a history of close collaboration, with AUB’s Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science contributing to a regional FAO project on enhancing the Mediterranean Diet. The formal partnership...![Strengthening national policies for post-harvest waste reduction](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_48037601272_c6343d1e42_k.jpg)
Fao-Academia
14 Jun 2019
FAO and University of the Philippines Los Baños pledge to work together to promote inclusive rural development
Rome – FAO and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) have signed a formal partnership agreement with the aim of promoting rural development in the Philippines, focusing on developing tools, methodologies and knowledge products to make agricultural systems more inclusive and efficient.
The partnership envisions, among other activities, strengthening national policies, strategies and regulatory frameworks on food loss and waste throughout the value chain; facilitating an enabling environment for inclusive rural development and poverty reduction; and identifying and undertaking actions to protect and manage natural resources and ensure sustainable production. FAO and UPLB also plan to develop and disseminate...![FAO and University of Nottingham join forces to promote inclusive and efficient food systems](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_48037499741_8776b90bec_k.jpg)
Fao-Academia
14 Jun 2019
Partnership will work towards improving policies to fight hunger and poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
Rome – During the Future of Food Symposium, FAO and the University of Nottingham signed a partnership agreement, formalizing their intentions to work together across several areas related to FAO’s mandate.
The partnership will tackle policy issues related to the urban food agenda and physical access to healthy food, and will look for opportunities to strengthen governance and institutional empowerment in order to promote healthy eating for urban populations.
The collaboration envisions dialogues both with the private sector, to create solutions for building balanced food systems and supplying healthy and sustainable foods, and between farmers and consumers, to establish short circuits for...![Legal policy frameworks for improved food security and nutrition](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_48037601632_3cbfa14c83_k.jpg)
Fao-Academia
13 Jun 2019
FAO and UCLA join forces to address issues of consumer protection and food fraud
Rome - On the first day of the Future of Food Symposium, following a discussion on the role of academia as a key partner in achieving Zero Hunger, FAO and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) signed a partnership agreement to work on issues at the intersection of food security, law and policy.
Founded in 1919, UCLA is the fourth-oldest university of the 10-campus University of California system. The university hosts the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, which stimulates discussion on important decisions about food issues through scholarship and policy analysis. The Resnick Center serves communities at...![FAO and Future Food Institute join efforts to develop capacities on food innovation and sustainable food systems](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_48037500646_13653b29ae_k.jpg)
Fao-Academia
13 Jun 2019
Partnership will strengthen institutional capacity to improve agricultural education, with a focus on innovation
Rome – FAO and the Future Food Institute (FFI) have joined forces to foster technological advances and encourage multi-stakeholder collaboration within the food production, food research and food policy sectors, signing a formal partnership agreement on the first day of the Future of Food Symposium.
FFI, an Italian non-profit, works to create a more sustainable future of food through education, innovation and community building. The institute aims to boost entrepreneurial potential and improve agri-food expertise and tradition, and educates stakeholders along food value chains about food innovation, nutrition sensitive food systems, and the SDGs. The partnership will enhance FFI’s education, innovation...