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Agriculture ministers meeting in Berlin agree to establish FAO-designed International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture
18/01/2020
18 January 2020, Berlin – FAO Director-General hails agreement to establish the international body to promote digital technologies for sustainable agriculture and food security
Director-General meets Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
17/01/2020
17 January 2020, Berlin - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today Turkey's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli on the sidelines of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture.
The Director-General noted that Turkey is an important member
FAO can assist Argentina with technology transfers to improve agriculture efficiency
17/01/2020
17 January 2020, Berlin – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Argentina’s Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Luis Eugenio Basterra, during their meeting today focused on how the Latin American country can improve the efficiency of its agric
FAO and Zimbabwe pledge greater cooperation at Berlin forum to fight climate change and make farmers more competitive
17/01/2020
17 January, Berlin – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Perence Shiri, pledged greater cooperation to fight climate change and action to make farmers more competitive at the 2020 Global For
Director-General meets Canada's Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
17/01/2020
17 January, Berlin - QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General, and Chris Forbes, Canada's Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food met today on the sidelines of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture.
They discussed the importance of income security for fa
Putting trade to work for the goal of food security
17/01/2020
17 January 2020, Berlin - Trade is a way that countries can tap their own local advantages and close food security gaps, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today.
Director-General meets Brazil's Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
17/01/2020
17 January 2020, Berlin - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met Brazil's Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply Tereza Cristina at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture.
The Director-General spoke about FAO's Hand-in-Hand Initiative f
Director-General and Mongolia’s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry discuss rural export potential at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
17/01/2020
17 January 2020, Berlin – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Mongolia’s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, Chultem Ulaan, discussed the country’s agricultural export potential when they met at the 2020 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
FAO and Austria seek new ways to share knowledge and build growth in agriculture
17/01/2020
17 January, Berlin – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Austria’s Minister for Sustainability and Tourism, Elisabeth Koestinger, discussed the critical role of technology and digitalization in agriculture when they met at the 2020 Global Forum for Food an
FAO’s Director-General and Professor Joachim von Braun stress scientific communities’ role in achieving the SDGs
17/01/2020
17 January 2020, Berlin – FAO Director General QU Dongyu and Professor Joachim von Braun, Director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF) and Chair of the German Bioeconomy Council, in a meeting today, emphasized the important role that scientific c
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