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FAO Director-General highlights role of greater investment, polices and innovation to transform agri-food systems
18/09/2021
G20 Agriculture Ministers adopt Communiqué acknowledging FAO’s work to promote innovation, resilience and sustainability.
Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and H.E. Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland
16/09/2021
16 September 2021, Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and H.E. Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, met to discuss further collaboration between FAO and Ireland and partnering for a peaceful, equal and sustainable world.
The pair discussed
Read-out of bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Abdulla Shahid, 76th President of the United Nations General Assembly
16/09/2021
16 September 2021 - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Abdulla Shahid, 76th President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), met virtually today.
The meeting reaffirmed the importance of close collaboration between the Food and Agriculture
Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and H.E. Wendy Morton, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and No
15/09/2021
15 September 2021, Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland met to strengthen their collaboration.
The Director-General thanked th
Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and H.E. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of the Republic of Estonia
14/09/2021
14 September 2001, Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the President of the Republic of Estonia met to discuss further collaboration between FAO and Estonia in transforming agri-food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable
Make a real difference: Reduce food loss and waste!
10/09/2021
10 September 2021, Rome/Jinan - The scale of global food loss and waste is proof of poorly functioning agri-food systems, and reducing it "really matters and can make a difference," QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of t
Read-out of bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Usha Rao-Monari, Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
09/09/2021
9 September 2021 - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Usha Rao-Monari, Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), met virtually today to discuss cooperation between the two agencies.
The
FAO is “working against time” on climate change, Director-General emphasizes
08/09/2021
8 September 2021, Rome - Sustainable agri-food systems are a "critical part of the actions and solutions" to the climate crisis, food insecurity and biodiversity loss, which are global crises the world is facing today, Director-General QU Dongyu told Memb
Goal of ending hunger by 2030 is “reachable”
19/08/2021
19 August 2021, Rome/Wellington - The world can get back on track to achieve the goal of eradicating hunger by 2030 “with the right balance of interventions,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO Director-General in visit to the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in north-eastern Italy stresses the importance of innovation for the transformation of agri-food systems
06/08/2021
5 August 2021, Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, highlighted the need for innovation and digital technologies for agri-food systems transformation during a visit today to the Friul
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