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FAO DG hails the importance of transforming food systems for a better world
11/02/2020
12 February, 2020, New York - Much has been done to reduce global hunger, but there’s far more to do and FAO and its sister Rome-based United Nations agencies – IFAD and WFP – will be “exploring new windows of opportunity for bringing about change” at all
FAO and Ghana to strengthen their collaboration
10/02/2020
10 February 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Ghana's Minister for Food and Agriculture.
The parties discussed Ghana’s agricultural sector and the Government’s push for economic growth through agriculture, pa
Director-General and Secretary General of World Meteorological Organization discuss deeper collaboration
10/02/2020
10 February 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Petteri Taalas, Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization today to explore ways to further collaboration between the two agencies.
The meeting discussed potential WMO suppo
FAO looks to innovation in agriculture with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
10/02/2020
11 February 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu discussed the importance of innovation in agriculture when he met Rodger Voorhies, the President of Global Growth and Opportunity, at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Rome.
The Director-Gene
“Team effort” is high road to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
10/02/2020
Director-General QU Dongyu highlights the work of FAO Investment Centre and the Hand in Hand Initiative, in the opening of IFAD’s Governing Council session
11 February 2020, Rome - Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is a “team effort”, FAO Direc
Designing tomorrow’s food systems
10/02/2020
10 February, Rome - FAO Director-General Dr QU Dongyu today received the visit of Dr Agnes Kalibata, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit 2021. Both officials then went on to take part in an informal briefing to FAO Member
FAO ready to build support for Mali
10/02/2020
11 February, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today the UN agency was ready to support Mali in the growth and development of its agricultural sector when he met Mali’s President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, in Rome.
The two leaders met on the sidel
FAO Director-General and Rwanda’s Agriculture Minister share concern about Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa
10/02/2020
11 February 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has reaffirmed his concern about the Desert Locust outbreak in East Africa and said urgent funding was needed to stop the spread of the world’s most dangerous migratory pest.
The Director-General u
FAO and Poland discuss ways to cooperate within the framework of Hand-in-Hand Initiative
10/02/2020
10 February 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today met Jan Krzysztof Ardanowsk, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland. Both parties agreed on the importance of FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative and discussed ways to strengthen
Pulses have a big role in sustainable agriculture and healthy diets
07/02/2020
On World Pulses Day , Director-General points to various benefits of these food crops, highlighting protein, nitrogen fixation and wide array of flavors.
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