Figure; FAO Chief Scientist Ismahane Elouafi offers her takeaways at the close of the second edition of the Science and Innovation Forum. ©FAO/Cristiano Minichiello

FAO 20/10/2023

Rome - The second edition of the Science and Innovation Forum, a key constituent of the annual flagship World Food Forum, closed here on Friday after three days of discussions and proposals on how technology can help agrifood systems deal with the climate crisis.

The forum, which was held in hybrid form at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), attracted hundreds of stakeholders from across the globe. Nearly 150 speakers from the world of academia, business, government and non-governmental organizations, as well as Indigenous People, shared their expertise and perspectives during a series of roundtables and panel discussions. Participants were also presented with the Action Plan 2022–2025 for the implementation of the FAO Science and Innovation Strategy, which provides a common framework for the agency's action at country, sub-regional, regional and global levels.

Partnership agreements were finalized with CAB International (CABI), the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), Italy's University of Naples Federico II, and the Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil.

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