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![Young Kyrgyz farmer picking corn. Photo credit: FAO Young Kyrgyz farmer picking corn](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/WFD2020_Kyrgyzstan_corn.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=oE3TtXVI)
Working together to grow, nourish, and sustain
On October 16 every year, we celebrate World Food Day to highlight the enduring vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition. This year, we face the unprecedented crisis of COVID-19, which threatens food security and human health and may push another 130 million people into hunger by the end…
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![One of the world's most advanced marine research facilities, the Nansen, 3rd ship to bear that name during FAO and Norway’s ongoing 40-year partnership, houses seven different laboratories. Packed with high tech gadgetry, the ship includes a new-generation acoustic gear for biomass assessments and ocean floor mapping, a remote underwater vehicle control center, \"manta trawls\" that collect plankton and microscopic plastic particles, and a laboratory designed for climate studies. Photo: FAO. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen ship side view at sea. Photo: FAO.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/nansen_870.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=Ul9wGUVq)
State-of-the art oceanic research ship will support LME conservation and management
In 2017, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Norway launched a new, state-of-the-art marine studies vessel, among the most advanced of its kind. Its mission: To investigate some of the planet's least-explored ocean using cutting-edge technology and sophisticated equipment to help…