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In Kyrgyzstan, Director-General plants seedlings, opens photo exhibit and visits agricultural facilities
27/04/2025
Bishkek - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today concluded a four-day official visit to Kyrgyzstan, where he took part in a tree-planting ceremony, opened an exhibition and toured a number of agricultural facilities including family farms after attending a conference focused on the world’s mountain regions.

Bilateral meeting with H.E. Sadyr Zhaparov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, and with H.E. Bakyt Torobaev, Deputy Chair of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister for Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry
24/04/2025

Bilateral Meeting with H.E. Rwamirama Bright Kanyontore, Minister of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries of Uganda
10/04/2025

Bilateral meeting with H. E. Armands Krauze, Minister for Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia
07/04/2025
Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met H. E. Armands Krauze, Minister for Agriculture of the Republic of Latvia at FAO headquarters in Rome on the occasion of the 177th Session of the FAO Council.

At FAO Council, Director-General QU Dongyu emphasizes world’s growing need for the urgent and accelerated transformation of global agrifood systems
07/04/2025

49th session of the UN High-Level Committee on Management: FAO Director-General highlights need for effective and efficient collaboration
03/04/2025
Rome – Efficiency, effectiveness, and coherent and fraternal collaboration are critical within and across the UN system in order to continue addressing evolving global challenges and achieving excellence, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu noted today at the opening of the 49th session of the High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM).

Bilateral meeting with Toily Kurbanov, United Nations Volunteers Executive Coordinator
02/04/2025

In Hainan and Jiangsu, China, FAO Director-General outlines vision of agrifood systems transformation for improved nutrition and food security
28/03/2025
Boao, China – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu set out a multi-layered vision for the transformation of agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable as he addressed the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025 on the last day of an official visit to China after a series of bilateral meetings. The trip also saw visits to innovative farms and research institutions helping to put the transformation into practice and advance the Four Betters agenda - better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life for all, leaving no one behind.

Bilateral meeting with H. E. Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy of the European Union
21/03/2025
