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![Academia and research institutions: a key partner in FAO’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_23860.jpg)
Fao-Academia
07 Jul 2020
As the world copes with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing urgency to prevent the current health crisis from becoming a food crisis. Measures taken to contain and mitigate the coronavirus have affected people’s lives and livelihoods and have disrupted markets, food supply chains and global trade. In the agriculture sector, reduced capacity to produce, sell and distribute food has affected food availability in local markets, with consequent further impacts on food and nutrition security. The pandemic has created a new set of challenges for food and agriculture, and adequately addressing these will require...![New case studies showcase the importance of partnerships with academia and research institutions](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_MG_4103.jpg)
Fao-Academia
19 Jun 2020
Owing to the expertise of their highly-skilled scholars and researchers, academia and research institutions have developed knowledge and capacities that make them uniquely able to assist the Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
FAO created a dedicated unit to negotiate, facilitate and strengthen corporate partnerships with academia and research institutions...![Supporting sustainable agricultural development in global drylands](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_24853_0654.jpg)
Fao-Academia
05 Jun 2020
FAO and ICARDA confirm partnership for another five years
In an effort to support sustainable agricultural development and management of natural resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) have renewed their partnership for the next five years with the aim to contribute to achieving food security in drylands and marginal environments.
![FAO GAIN and Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World launch new online dashboard to inform better food policy](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_079fe7af7c.png)
Fao-Academia
01 Jun 2020
Dashboard houses food systems data from more than 230 countries and territories
Rome/Baltimore/Geneva - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, and The Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World today launched a new easy-to-navigate online tool designed to help decision makers understand their food systems, identify their levers of change, and decide which ones to pull.![Supporting integrated water resources management through evidence-based decisions](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_Watermanagement.jpg)
Fao-Academia
01 Jun 2020
On May 4 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft) with the main objective of developing a range of activities to strengthen and mobilize an educational and knowledge base for integrated water resources management. The collaboration between the two organizations is not new, as in 2014 a previous partnership agreement was signed to formalize the relationship.
In this regard, FAO’s technical officer Jippe Hoogeveen, highlighted...