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FAO in 2022: Time for extraordinary efforts to continue walking the talk
29/11/2021
In 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) must make “extraordinary” efforts to achieve tangible on-the-ground progress towards reducing hunger, making agrifood systems more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable,
Transforming Africa’s agrifood systems requires coordinated policies across sectors
26/11/2021
Rome – To make them more sustainable, the transformation of agrifood systems across Africa needs a “cross-sectoral, holistic, coherent and coordinated policy environment,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said to
FAO and KSrelief to scale up cooperation on humanitarian work, data-driven development
17/11/2021
Rome – The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) announced an ambitious new five-year Strategic Joint Cooperation Agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Tuesday.
New “rooftop farm” at FAO highlights how innovative technology can help safeguard agro-biodiversity
17/11/2021
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today unveiled a prototype rooftop farm at its Rome headquarters, an initiative that highlights how innovative technology contributes to making agri-food systems more sustainable and
Readout of FAO Director-General’s meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic
10/11/2021
Rome--FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Ruslan Kazakbaev, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The Director-General and the Minister discussed UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). The Director-General noted the active role of the K
Director-General calls on Members to bring development back to central stage
08/11/2021
Rome – The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today addressed the Joint Meeting of the 132nd Session of the Programme Committee and the 188th Session of the Finance Committee, two of FAO’s governing bodies that report to the FAO Council, which will meet fro
Director-General outlines agri-food systems transformation in academic setting
04/11/2021
Cremona and Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, today offered Italian and international students a panorama of contemporary food and nutrition challenges – and a vision of how they might be met.
He was g
G20: Actions now to feed the world and save the planet, urges FAO
31/10/2021
Rome – Policy makers must find a way to “feed the world and save the planet at the same time,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said at the G20 Leaders Summit in Rome on Sunday.
Readout of the meeting between the FAO Director-General and the Minister for Citizenship of Brazil
29/10/2021
29 October 2021, Rome – The FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, met the Minister for Citizenship of Brazil, João Roma, on the side-lines of the G20 Summit of Heads of State and Government.
The Minister stressed the efforts of the Brazilian Government to
Meeting between the FAO Director-General and the United Nations Secretary-General
29/10/2021
Rome – The FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, today held fruitful discussions with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on the side-lines of the G20 Summit of Heads of State and Government.
The Director-General briefed the Secretary-General on the ma
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