It is my great pleasure, as Officer-in-Charge of the Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, to address the Governing Body at today’s opening session. 

The International Treaty released a study, The plants that feed the world – Baseline data and metrics to inform strategies for the conservation and use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, bringing together crucial data on over 350 food and agricultural crops, made possible ...

More than 600 delegates from all around the world will gather in Rome, from 20 to 24 November, to discuss how seeds can provide innovative solutions to the sustainable transformation of our agrifood systems and safeguarding biodiversity. The FAO Headquarters in Rome will host the Tenth Session of...

The loss of biodiversity is seriously undermining our ability to feed and nourish an ever-growing global population. Biodiversity includes not only the plants and animals that we eat and that provide feed, fuel and fibre. Biodiversity for food and agriculture also includes the myriad of organisms...

The CGRFA is an international forum and intergovernmental body established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The Commission facilitates cooperation and collaboration among member countries to address issues related to the conservation, utilization, and manageme...

CABI’s expertise in the role that Digital Sequence Information (DSI) plays in the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for food and agriculture has been shared at a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) event in Rome, Italy.

The first-ever Global Symposium on Farmers' Rights under the International Treaty of the FAO was inaugurated by the Honourable President of India, Ms Droupadi Murmu, in New Delhi today,  amidst an audience of over 700 people from 52 countries, marking a crucial milestone in the global agricu...

Во второй день Саммита ООН по ЦУР, перед началом общих прений, Генеральный директор Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации Объединенных Наций (ФАО) Цюй Дунъюй провел в штаб-квартире ООН диалог на уровне министров, в ходе которого обсуждались возможности масштабирования мероприятий и...

Kaveh Zahedi, leading FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment is attending high-level events at the UN General Assembly and events in partnership with businesses, climate philanthropists and other stakeholders, as part of Climate Week NYC. He bears a clear message for c...

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The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), the only intergovernmental body that deals with all matters specifically related to biodiversity for food and agriculture, is marking its 40th anniversary, and the importance of its work was stressed today during a meeting in R...

This year FAO’s Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture turns 40. Its vision to value and conserve biodiversity for food and agriculture and promote its sustainable use in support of global food security and sustainable development, for present and future generations, is...

Три новых объекта в Азии были официально признаны системами сельскохозяйственного наследия мирового значения (ГИАХС), что подчеркивает важную роль, которую играют многовековые сельскохозяйственные методы этого региона в обеспечении продовольствием растущего населения мира,  борьбе с изменени...

Today, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, and the Mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, launched the FAO Park - Global Library of Trees and Flowers project, a green space initiative to educate the public about the importance of biodiv...

После пандемии COVID-19 молодежь Бутана находит применение своим профессиональным качествам в сельском хозяйстве

Генеральный директор Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации Объединенных Наций (ФАО) Цюй Дунъюй, переизбранный в воскресенье на второй срок на посту главы ...

Building on growing momentum to tackle environmental problems by addressing the ways in which our food and fiber are produced, the Global Environment Facility has approved 26 projects led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

 Address by Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General

Выступая на совещании министров сельского хозяйства "Группы двадцати", Генеральный директор Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной организации Объединенных Наций (ФАО) Цюй Дунъюй заявил, что при урегулировании связанного с утратой биоразнообразия и изменением климата кризиса, с которым сталкива...

Less than nine percent of Uzbekistan has forest coverage and even this is rapidly shrinking because of changing climatic conditions, uncontrolled animal husbandry, increasing demand for industrial and fuel wood and the expansion of irrigated agriculture.