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Post-pandemic world: sustainable agrifood systems are key to a healthy, inclusive, and green recovery
04/02/2022
New York/Rome – Shifting towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems will play a central role in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Director-General of t
Healthy soils for a healthy people and planet: FAO calls for reversal of soil degradation
28/01/2022
Rome/Berlin - Reversing soil degradation is vital if we want to feed a growing global population, protect biodiversity and help address the planet’s climate crisis, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
FAO Director-General welcomes Ambassador Foumane of Cameroon as Chairperson of the Africa Regional Group
27/01/2022
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today welcomed Ambassador Sébastien Foumane of Cameroon as the new chairperson of the Africa Regional Group in Rome, taking over from Ambassador Jackline Lumumba Yonga of Kenya.
The Director-General commended Ambassa
Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and H.E. Muhammad Karim Al-Khafaji, Minister for Agriculture of the Republic of Iraq
27/01/2022
27 January 2022, Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today met virtually with H.E. Muhammad Karim Al-Khafaji, Minister for Agriculture of the Republic of Iraq.
The Director-General expressed his appreciation to the Government of Iraq for hosting
Readout of FAO Director-General QU Dongyu’s meeting with Michael S. Regan, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
25/01/2022
Rome/Washington, D.C. - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu and EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan - together with Ambassador Cindy McCain, Permanent Representative of the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies - met virtually today to discuss cooperation between FA
Pope Francis meets Director-General and renews his commitment to support FAO’s mandate
20/01/2022
Rome – Pope Francis today received FAO Director-General QU Dongyu for a meeting at the Vatican during which the pontiff congratulated the Director-General for the achievements made by FAO in 2021 and reiterated his support for FAO’s efforts to combat hung
FAO Investment Centre Transformation Plan launched to facilitate greater investment in sustainable agrifood systems
19/01/2022
January 19, Rome The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today officially launched a plan to transform the FAO Investment Centre, which supports members to increase the quantity and quality of
Sustainable energy is vital to lifting people out of poverty and hunger, FAO Director-General tells UN-Energy meeting
11/01/2022
Rome – United Nations agencies and their partners should work closer together to make agrifood production more sustainable and energy-efficient, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General QU Dongyu told a UN energy meeting today.
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FAO Director-General accepts Lamp of Peace award on behalf of UN Secretary-General
18/12/2021
Assisi, Italy – Franciscan monks today awarded UN Secretary-General António Guterres the Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis, recognizing commitment to the peaceful existence of people and actions to promote dialogue among them.
Unable to attend in person due
FAO 2021 Employee Recognition Awards go to 200 employees and 18 teams
16/12/2021
Rome - Two hundred individual staff members and 18 teams were honored on Thursday at the annual Employee Recognition Awards event of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), a ceremony preceded by a Town Hall meeting and followed
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