FAO, CGIAR Partner to Increase Their Work Impact
March 6, 2013| |
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR Consortium) have agreed to work together to boost the impact of their activities. The parties have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that further aims to scale up their efforts and make a powerful, joint contribution to the world's food security needs.
Under the renewable, five-year agreement, FAO will provide the CGIAR Consortium with advice on priorities for agricultural research, based on FAO's work for member governments, as well as information on priority programmes or activities FAO is implementing. The CGIAR Consortium, on the other hand, will advise FAO on the potential for scaling up innovation in agriculture and updated information on CGIAR Research Programs. One particular area of CGIAR's cooperation with FAO will involve making new technologies developed by CGIAR centers available to small-scale farmers.
View CGIAR's news release at http://www.cgiar.org/consortium-news/fao-and-cgiar-consortium-form-strategic-partnership/.
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