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FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems, end hunger and improve nutrition
18/09/2020
18 September 2020, Rome/New York - FAO unveiled today its new Green Cities Initiative and Action Plan to help transform agri-food systems, end hunger and improve nutrition in and around the cities in a post COVID-19 era. The launch took place at a high-le
FAO and Finland underscore joint commitment towards sustainable food systems transformation
17/09/2020
17 September 2020, Rome – During an online meeting today FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Elina Kalkku, Finland’s Under-Secretary for Development Policy, stressed that innovation and environmentally-friendly agriculture are needed in order to make food
Urgent action needed to avert the risk of famine in Burkina Faso, South Sudan and Yemen, FAO Director-General tells UN Security Council
17/09/2020
17 September 2020, New York/ Rome - FAO Director-Genaral QU Dongyu, today warned the United Nations Security Council that Burkina Faso, South Sudan and Yemen were at risk of a looming famine and appealed for an urgent and united humanitarian response to s
Director-General and senior managers present FAO’s structure and work to new Representatives from Members
17/09/2020
17 September 2020, Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held today a virtual Induction Seminar to new Permanent and Alternate Permanent Representatives from Members to FAO on many aspects of the Organization’s mandate,
Google and FAO launch new Big Data tool for all
16/09/2020
16 September 2020, Rome - Anyone anywhere can access multidimensional maps and statistics showing key climate and environmental trends wherever they are, thanks to a new tool developed by Google and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the Unite
COVID-19 impacts driving up acute hunger in countries already in food crisis
15/09/2020
15 September 2020, New York - The Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) today held a high-level event to present a review of the most recent global data available on how the knock-on effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are driving up acute hunger in vul
FAO to continue to support G20 to address the pandemic and strengthen agri-food systems
12/09/2020
12 September 2020, Riyadh/Rome - Through the Hand-in-Hand initiative, the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme and other actions, FAO can help ensure well-functioning global food markets, promote responsible investments, and reduce food loss and waste
FAO and UNICRI to strengthen collaboration
11/09/2020
11 September 2020, Rome/Turin - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu welcomed Antonia Marie De Meo the recently appointed Director of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), at a virtual meeting today.
During the meetin
Urgent collaboration is needed to transform food systems and prevent COVID-19 from becoming a food crisis in Africa, says FAO Director-General
09/09/2020
9 September 2020, Kigali/Rome – Urgent collaboration is needed to transform food systems, to provide people with nutritious food and to prevent the COVID-19 crisis from becoming a food crisis in Africa, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Org
FAO renews commitment to Africa’s Great Green Wall
07/09/2020
07 September 2020, Rome - Accelerating work on the Great Green Wall, which aims to combat desertification across Africa, is key for climate and environmental reasons and also to “make people have a better life”, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today.
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