FAO Reports Over 1 Million Participants in Four Betters Courses

During the World Food Forum, FAO reported that its Four Betters Courses initiative reached more than one million participants in its first year through the FAO elearning Academy.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, FAO Campus leads the initiative, promoting capacity building, technical knowledge dissemination, and the integration of FAO’s thematic priorities into the academic ecosystem.

The initiative has formalized partnerships with the Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUALC) and the Association of Universities Grupo Montevideo (AUGM), representing over 250 universities in the region. These partnerships have established a structured work agenda aligned with FAO’s priorities.

Currently, FAO’s Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean is implementing 30 collaborative initiatives with universities in eight countries to incorporate FAO elearning Academy and FAO Campus courses into higher education programs.

FAO Campus also offers universities the creation of structured training paths, which consist of coordinated series of courses for mass training. One such path, “Transition to Sustainable Food Systems,” is being implemented with the Council of Deans of Agronomy Faculties of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities, which includes ten institutions and more than 400 enrolled participants.

Additionally, FAO Campus has worked directly with six regional universities to co-develop new courses and educational programs covering topics from biodiversity and restoration of food systems to the use of bioinputs, partnering with institutions such as the University of São Paulo in Brazil,  the University of Tucumán in Argentina, and the Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico.

The Four Betters Courses initiative reflects FAO’s strategy to strengthen academic collaboration, expand technical knowledge, and foster sustainable food systems through education across Latin America and the Caribbean.