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Director-General highlights to Oversight Advisory Committee that FAO will become more agile, modern and digital
27/07/2020
27 July 2020, Rome - The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today addressed the 55th meeting of the recently renamed FAO Oversight Advisory Committee, which was previously called Audit Committee and met virtually for the first time.
Qu highlighted that the
Greater investments needed to transform African food systems in the face of COVID-19
27/07/2020
27 July 2020, Addis Ababa – The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General QU Dongyu today called for sustained and strategic investments to accelerate an agri-food system transformation in Africa in the face of an impending food crisis driven b
FAO and GCF reaffirm commitment for greater collaboration for better environment, food production and security, and life
27/07/2020
27 July 2020, Rome – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Yannick Glemarec discussed today ways to expand FAO’s and GCF’s collaboration.
Three FAO project proposals focused on bolstering rural gre
FAO and Islamic Development Bank strengthen partnership with new cooperation agreement
22/07/2020
22 July 2020, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) today strengthened their long-standing partnership through a new agreement and action plan, focusing on agriculture-related busi
More collaboration with the private sector to ensure healthy diets for all
21/07/2020
21 July 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Executive Director Lawrence Haddad today agreed that greater efforts must be made to transform food systems through innovative collaboration with the pri
FAO launches Hand-in-Hand geospatial data platform to help build stronger food and agriculture sectors post COVID-19
21/07/2020
21 July, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched the Hand-in-Hand geospatial platform with a large and rich set of data on food, agriculture, socioeconomics, and natural resources to help strengthen evidence
UN Women’s Mlambo-Ngcuka and the WHO’s Balkhy address members of FAO Women’s Committee, championing gender equality in education and career opportunities
20/07/2020
20 July 2020, Rome - FAO Women’s Committee guest Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka told a well-attended VirtualiTea Zoom session about her experience in South Africa, where under Apartheid, black women were doubly oppressed on account of both their race and their ge
Coordinated action is key to defeating Fall Armyworm
20/07/2020
20 July, 2020, Rome - Increased coordination and cooperation and flexible, innovative approaches are necessary to address the global challenges we currently face, including Fall Armyworm.
Addressing participants at the second meeting of the Steering Comm
Restoring the links between people and nature is vital to feed the world in a sustainable manner
15/07/2020
15 July 2020, Rome/New York - As the world faces the unprecedented pandemic, we must restore the links between people and nature to accelerate the transformation of our food systems to make them more sustainable, resilient and equitable, FAO-Director-Gene
Making food systems sustainable, resilient and inclusive, and healthy diets accessible and affordable for everyone is paramount to building back better from COVID-19
14/07/2020
14 July 2020, Washington/Rome – Following the launch of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 report (SOFI 2020), FAO North America and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) hosted the webinar Transforming Food Syst
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