The long and high-level career of Biagio Di Terlizzi shows the importance of international cooperation to tackle the global issues of agronomy and food. Biagio Di Terlizzi is the Deputy Director of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari. He is the coordinator of several international projects of cooperation in the Mediterranean area, Africa and Asia. He has implemented projects in the domain of agricultural production and rural development policy. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx