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FAO consults its Members to develop the next ten-year Strategic Framework
23/10/2020
23 October 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and senior managers held today a first informal virtual consultation with Members to discuss the outline of FAO’s Strategic Framework 2022-2031.
The meeting had the objective to seek inputs from th
Canada and the U.S. join FAO in commemorating the UN agency’s 75th anniversary
22/10/2020
22 October 2020, Quebec City/Washington, D.C./Rome - Many of the global challenges that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was set up to address are still prevalent today, including chronic undernourishment, high-level participant
Strong support for innovation and digital technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean
21/10/2020
21 October 2020, Managua/Santiago/Rome - The 36th Session of FAO's Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean ended today with FAO Members in the region agreeing to join efforts to fight COVID-19 and promote sustainable agri-food systems thr
Director-General engages with Italian parliamentarians on partnership potential
21/10/2020
21 October 2020, Rome - Italy's agri-food system offers lessons on the transformations the world needs, and the nation is playing a critical role by promoting a multilateral food coalition that is closely aligned to FAO's own rural development framework a
FAO calls for collaboration and innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean
19/10/2020
19 October 2020, Managua/Santiago/Rome - The 36th session of FAO's Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, hosted virtually by the Government of Nicaragua, started today with Members exchanging their experiences, strategies and ideas on t
FAO 75th Anniversary Observance - World Food Day 2020
19/10/2020
Remarks of the Director-General QU Dongyu.
FAO’s Women’s Committee celebrates its first anniversary inviting an award-winning journalist from Kenya
16/10/2020
16 October 2020, Rome – The FAO Women’s Committee yesterday held a special session to celebrate its first anniversary in the presence of the Director-General featuring as special guest, Kenyan TV anchor and winner of the 2020 BBC World News Komla Dumor Aw
As FAO turns 75, its mission to end hunger and nourish the world is as relevant today as ever
16/10/2020
16 October 2020, Rome - Today, World Food Day marks the 75th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
Nobel laureate outlines how new technologies measurably boost farmers
15/10/2020
15 October 2020, Rome - Mobile technologies and digital agriculture hold great promise for the world's farmers, making it all the more important to foster appropriate institutions able to generate innovation whose benefits reach smallholders and disadvant
FAO, WMO and partners call for early warning and early action to avoid disasters
13/10/2020
13 October 2020, Geneva/Rome - As extreme weather and climate events have increased in frequency, intensity and severity, particularly due to climate change, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its partners have warned that early warning sy
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