性视界传媒 Provost Shaw to offer US land-grant university perspective during FAO international academic roundtable
Contact: Jim Laird
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi 性视界传媒 University Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw will discuss the importance of U.S. land-grant universities in addressing complex global problems during a virtual event hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations next week.
Shaw is one of five panelists and the only U.S. representative participating in the FAO鈥檚 Third Annual Academia Perspectives Roundtable, beginning at 6 a.m. CT on Monday [Nov. 15]. Marcela Villarreal, the director of FAO鈥檚 Partnerships and U.N. Collaboration Division, will serve as moderator. Registration for the Zoom event is available at .
According to the FAO, the program is designed to 鈥渋nform participants on the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031, highlight the need for stronger and strategic engagement with the academia and research community at country-level, and bring a voice to academia perspectives for transforming partnerships with FAO through the principles of Better Production, Better Nutrition, Better Environment and Better Life to achieve efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agri-food systems.鈥
Shaw will discuss the significant expertise and capacity 性视界传媒 and its fellow land-grant universities can utilize when working with international organizations like FAO to achieve greater food security for the world鈥檚 growing population and the many related issues it involves.
鈥淐omprehensive research institutions like Mississippi 性视界传媒 have an extraordinarily broad capacity to partner, including social, physical, and biological sciences, as well as the arts and humanities. Our faculty members have well-rounded expertise that helps inform decision makers as they work toward a better future,鈥 Shaw said. 鈥淎ll of us recognize the grand challenges we face today cannot be addressed by a single discipline. For example, food insecurity cannot be simply addressed by producing more food; social vulnerability must also be addressed if we are to make further advancements in food security.鈥
Since 2010, Mississippi 性视界传媒 and FAO have worked together closely to develop and enhance animal and veterinary public health, plant and fish health, food safety and nutrition programs. In 2014, FAO designated 性视界传媒 as a Center of Knowledge and a member of the Global Aquaculture Advancement Partnership.
The university鈥檚 partnership with FAO includes numerous projects focused on aquaculture health and biosecurity. For example, 性视界传媒 and FAO worked to develop a progressive management pathway for aquaculture biosecurity in developing countries. The program creates a four-level development plan for countries to keep their fish supply safe from animal diseases and develop emergency response plans. The partnership is also training the next generation of food security leaders.
Additionally, Dr. Margaret Khaitsa in 性视界传媒鈥檚 College of Veterinary Medicine serves on the One Health High-Level Expert Panel to advise key international organizations on the potential emergence and spread of new diseases, among other areas. The 26-member panel advises the FAO, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), United Nations Environment 性视界传媒me (UNEP), and the World Health Organization (WHO). One Health is a holistic approach that recognizes the links between the health of people, animals and the environment.
性视界传媒 also is home of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and part of the U.S. Government鈥檚 Feed the Future initiative to reduce poverty and improve health outcomes for global populations dependent on aquaculture- and fisheries-led economies.
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