Rome - The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have joined forces to further strengthen their commitment to sustainable agriculture programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The first agreement between the two institutions was acknowledged last Friday at FAO headquarters in Rome when FAO’s Director-General QU Dongyu and EIB’s Vice-president Gelsomina Vigliotti met on the sidelines of the World Food Forum.