 Joining two international organizations with complementary mandates, promoting peaceful use of nuclear technologies, reducing world hunger and poverty through improved agricultural production, linking third millennium technology with the traditions of conventional agriculture, making sure natural resources are protected for future generations, that the food produced is safe to eat and that all people have enough to live healthy lives, responding to nations' requests by bringing scientists together, addressing problems by seeking solutions, forging partnerships, weaving networks, transferring practical solutions from the lab to the field, innovating, adapting and applying, building knowledge and capacity through training, working together in networks to produce more and better crops and animals, protecting them by controlling harmful pests and diseases, adapting agriculture to survive climatic variations while conserving natural resources, ensuring food quality and safety, enabling countries to participate in fair international food trade, furnishing a forum to share information and the know-how to assess and disseminate it, facing a future with changing climates, decreasing resources and increasing populations. The need for experience and expertise is crucial. The Joint FAO IAEA Division for Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, providing the knowledge that makes a difference.