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![FAO cooperates with CGIAR to increase interoperability between food and agricultural information systems](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_CGIAR.jpeg)
Fao-Academia
24 Jun 2021
FAO and CGIAR have established a collaboration to enhance data sharing in the food and agricultural domain through the further use and enhancement of the AGROVOC Thesaurus, a multilingual controlled vocabulary that covers terminology related to FAO’s areas of interest. AGROVOC is a valuable tool to classify data homogeneously, facilitate interoperability and reuse. It can ease the collection, storage and use of agronomic data, enabling easy and reuse of the data by humans and machines.
![Launch ceremony of the modernized Williams Soil-Agronomic Museum WMM_01.jpg 20 May 2021](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_WMM_01.jpg)
Fao-Academia
19 May 2021
20 May 2021 | Virtual (Zoom platform) | 10:30 - 16:45 GMT+3*
*Moscow time
The Williams Soil-Agronomic Museum, established in 1934 in Moscow, is one of the largest soil museums of the world. The Museum is located at the Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. The Museum exhibits the...![Apply for the World Food Forum Transformative Research Challenge!](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_banner-TRC-1200x650 (1).png)
Fao-Academia
10 May 2021
Save the date: Transformative Research Challenge official info session If you are a young or young-at-heart researcher who wants to transform our agri-food systems, then this event is for you!
Last week the World Food Forum (WFF) launched the Transformative Research Challenge (TRC), an International Open Call for researchers and aspiring researchers who want to create a better Food Future. Join us to the Young Scientific Roundtable that will take place on 10 June at 13:30 CET. The event will have a keynote speech by FAO's Chief Economist Maximo Torero Cullen and special guests...![Open Call: Present your research idea to help transform our agri-food systems](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_innovationlab.jpg)
Fao-Academia
28 Apr 2021
We are delighted to share with you an exciting opportunity to showcase your transformative research idea at the World Food Forum (WFF) 2021. Aligning with the core principles of the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit, and launched by the Youth Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the WFF aims to serve as the premier platform to engage and harness the passion of youth, galvanizing action and identifying solutions to the growing challenges facingour agri-food systems. Teams of up to five members are invited to submit a two-page concept note proposing an innovative...![Strengthened cooperation on marine science and fisheries research in the Mediterranean](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/small_1_UMP_858.jpg)
Fao-Academia
22 Apr 2021
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) signed today, on Earth Day, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University Mohammed First (UMP) and the Institut National de Recherche Halieutique (INRH) of Morocco to support the development of training and research in the field of fisheries and marine sciences in the Mediterranean region.Collaboration between stakeholders is at the heart of the GFCM’s strategy and it is crucial to promote the adoption of sustainable practices in fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean region. In line with the theme of Earth Day 2021, this partnership will encourage innovative thinking...