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Parliamentary alliances
21 Oct 2020
Italy's proposed FAO-led Food Coalition hailed as vehicle for multilateralism and post-pandemic rural development
Rome - Italy's agri-food system offers lessons on the transformations the world needs, and the nation is playing a critical role by promoting a multilateral food coalition that is closely aligned to FAO's own rural development framework as articulated in the Hand-in-Hand Initiative and the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today in an address to members of Italy's parliament.   "FAO is proud to be your partner in this noble mission of eradicating hunger, eliminating poverty and creating a world of harmony and solidarity," the Director-General said in remarks to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the...
Private Sector
19 Oct 2020
Beijing - On the occasion of World Food Day 2020, FAO China Office collaborated with Toutiao, a popular Chinese social media network with 120 million daily active users, to organize the Food Heroes Campaign and celebrate food heroes who contributed to ensuring food supply during the COVID-19 outbreak. Various organizations and general public were invited to contact FAO-China and nominate the food heroes they know.On 16 October, 15 candidate profiles were selected and posted for public voting on Toutiao. During the ten-day voting period from 16 to 25 October, the total votes for 15 candidates reached 1,154,727....
Parliamentary alliances
19 Oct 2020
The European Parliamentary Alliance event highlighted innovation, sustainability and transforming value chains
A double-celebration marking World Food Day and the 75th anniversary of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) underscored the need to make urgent and lasting changes to ensure food security for all, in keeping with the theme of this year’s observance, Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together. Our actions are our future.   FAO Director-General QU Dongyu joined in the FAO Brussels event, along with the Vice-President of the European Parliament, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, high-level officials from the OACPS, and the Director of the World Food Programme.   “Our work is not done yet. Together with all key stakeholders, we are working to...
Resource Partners
19 Oct 2020
On 29 September 2020, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) authorized an exceptional voluntary contribution to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) of EUR 2.8 million. This year, Spain has generously increased its voluntary contributions and broadened the spectrum of international cooperation to support actions that can help alleviate the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations. This includes enhancing food security, protecting the livelihoods of impacted farming families, and improving the resilience of rural communities, as well as activities aligned to achieving...
Private Sector
15 Oct 2020
سنطلع في ما يلي على كيفية استخدام "أبطال الأغذية" الشباب للتكنولوجيا من أجل تحسين أساليب زراعة البن
مما لا شك فيه أن البن يسري في عروق دييغو أوربانو، وهو طالب من جنوب كولومبيا في سن الـ 18 عامًا. فقد ولد دييغو في أسرة من منتجي البنّ، واليوم بعد انضمامه إلى مشروع يهدف إلى حفز استخدام التكنولوجيا في هذا القطاع، تنتابه حماسة متقدة لمواصلة هذا التقليد العائلي، ولكن مع بث روح الابتكار فيه. ويقول دييغو: "نحن كشباب نريد الاستمرار في بناء مستقبلنا في الريف من خلال اعتماد الابتكار في أساليبناعلى مستوى الإنتاج والتسويق والاستهلاك". وكجزء من المشروع، تدرّب دييغو و29 طالبًا لدى المعهد التعليمي "لا فيكتوريا" على عمليات حصد حبوب البن وغربلتها واتقان صنع القهوة من...