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FAO China Newsletter, June 2020 - Issue #2

Innovations for Zero Hunger

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Beijing, China ;

Pages 5

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series title Newsletters from the Decentralized Offices

Series number 2

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Year 2019 was a rewarding year to FAO China regarding innovation. Firstly, several innovative activities were conducted in collaboration with Tsinghua University: the first Hackathon was successfully organized in Beijing which aimed at reducing food loss and waste, and was proved to be an excellent platform for youth to demonstrate their creativity in searching solutions; the first service design course was jointly launched themed at providing innovative solutions for Hani Terraces of Honghe County in Yunnan Province, students from Tsinghua University conducted field research in Hani Terraces and proposed five innovative solutions accordingly; In response to the COVID-19 and tackle the social challenges caused by the isolation during the pandemic, a proposed joint course was swiftly shifted to an online one which themed at “Design Out Isolation” . Secondly, FAO China launched its first private-sector-fully- funded project “Development of Sustainable Development Goals Villages”, and later the first Farmer Field Business School was organized in Hubei province of China. Thirdly, new approaches to raise awareness on protecting migratory birds and wetland were practicing at Poyang Lake wetland site, one of the FAO-GEF project sites in China. In the future, FAO China aims to strengthen its role as the platform for innovation, sharing experiences and resource mobilization, and continuously working with the dedicated partners to achieve the sustainable development goals and a Zero Hunger world.

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​FAO.2020. FAO China Innovation Newsletter, (June,1). Beijing

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