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170th Session of the Council
13 June 2022
13 June 2022
Opening Statement by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu.
This newly-released report highlights the progress made since FAO’s Strategy for Private Sector Engagement 2021-2025 was approved during the 165th session of the Council in December 2020. It discusses important developments in FAO’s approach to private sector engagement, key achievements...
FAO is pleased to announce the release of the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GPA).
The GPA, which was developed following extensive consultation...
Three sites in China - an ancient tea-producing area, a nomadic livestock-rearing region and a rain-fed stone terrace farming system - were formally recognised as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), for their unique ways of using traditional practices...
Programme Implementation Report 2020-21
19 May 2022
19 May 2022
In an exceptionally challenging biennium, see how FAO rose to the challenge, implementing a global, holistic and multipronged strategy to support Members.