A spotlight on technical solutions to local and global problems
Figure: Tumbes, Peru. Installation of sensors and solar panels at Langostinera Tumbes, a shrimp farm. © FAO / Wenwei Luo
FAO News – December 24 2025
Partnerships are increasingly the foundation of successful development initiatives and are essential to addressing the global challenges facing the transformation of global agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable, and for ensuring the Four Betters: better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.
To catalyze positive impacts, foster solidarity, and scale up successful solutions, FAO actively recognizes technical excellence. In 2025, 238 recipients were celebrated at the Technical Recognition ceremony at historical time to celebrate FAO 80 anniversary during the World Food Forum for their contribution to solutions powering effective and sustainable agrifood systems transformation. Their work spans a variety of areas, including soil health, reforestation, alpine hazelnut production, aquaculture, flood alert systems and climate adaptation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
The ceremony was designed to shine a light on the work of ministries, research centers, universities, private sector entities and community organizations across six broad technical areas: livestock, South-South and Triangular Cooperation, land, soil and water resource management, aquatic food systems, forest production and protection, and plant production and protection.
FAO acknowledged and highlighted the science and technology-based innovations that are essential in the pursuit of global food security. Those recognized are involved in both large and small projects across 90 countries, reflecting Director-General QU Dongyu’s unwavering commitment to fostering agrifood systems that sustain livelihoods and leave no one behind.
These recognitions provide platforms for knowledge sharing and inspiration, embodying the Director-General’s adage that “the transformation to modern agrifood systems is only possible when we work together.”
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