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FAO calls for greater RBA collaboration to implement UN Food System Summit outcomes
21/10/2021
Rome – With just nine agricultural seasons to go before 2030, it is crucial to strengthen the joint work by the three Rome-based United Nations agencies (RBAs) – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Developm
Readout of meeting between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and H.E. Collen Vixen Kelapile, 77th President of the UN Economic and Social Council
18/10/2021
18 October 2021, Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and H.E. Collen Vixen Kelapile, 77th President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), met virtually today.
The meeting reaffirmed the importance of close collaboration between the Food and
FAO’s Women’s Committee celebrates its second birthday
18/10/2021
18 October 2021, Rome – The FAO Women’s Committee today held a special celebratory VirtualiTea to mark the Committee’s second anniversary in the presence of FAO’s Director-General QU Dongyu and Her Excellency Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr, First Vice-Presi
Readout of the meeting between FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
18/10/2021
18 October 2021, Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) met today to discuss further collaboration between FAO and UNFPA.
The Executive Director thanked the D
Kunming COP15: Agri-food system transformation is key for biodiversity conservation
12/10/2021
Rome – Reversing biodiversity loss, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing adaptation, strengthening resilience and improving productivity are essential to address poverty and hunger, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agricultural Organiza
Readout of bilateral meetings between the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and African Ministers for Foreign Affairs
08/10/2021
October 2020, Rome - The FAO Director-General had a series of bilateral meetings on 6 and 7 October with a number of African Ministers for Foreign Affairs.
He met with Her Excellency Kandia Kamissoko Camara, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, African In
G20 Business meeting: FAO calls for more and better agri-food investments to fight hunger
08/10/2021
8 October, 2021, Rome - Transformed and inclusive agri-food systems are needed to end hunger around the world and drive responses to other global challenges such as the climate crisis, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization o
Preserving biodiversity: Effective, lasting solutions based on science and innovation
27/09/2021
27 September 2021, Rome - Emphasizing the need to "produce more with less", QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today urged all stakeholders in agri-food systems to upscale science and innovati
White House's Global COVID-19 Summit: Pandemic emphasizes need for agri-food systems transformation, FAO Director-General says
23/09/2021
23 September 2021, Rome/Washington - The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the largest single-year increase in global hunger in decades, emphasizing the need to shift towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems, QU Dongyu
Food Systems Summit - "From New York back to Rome," FAO takes on lead role in implementing outcomes
23/09/2021
23 September 2021, New York/Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today committed to take a leadership role in ensuring the success of ambitious and urgent efforts designed to make the world's agri-food systems more effi
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