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South-South and Triangular Cooperation: a "game changer" for world's most vulnerable, says FAO Director-General
11/12/2019
12 December, Madrid - Innovative partnerships, investment and technical exchange through South-South and Triangular Cooperation are critical for countries especially in the global South to address climate change and achieve the UN's Sustainable Developmen
IAEA and FAO agree to further strengthen strategic partnership
11/12/2019
11 December 2019, Madrid – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on the sidelines of the COP25 Climate Summit.
The talks focused on the unique and strategic
Director-General meets with Chair of Solar Impulse Foundation
11/12/2019
11 December 2019, Madrid - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Bertrand Piccard, the chair and founder of Solar Impulse Foundation, an initiative that aims to find profitable opportunities to protect the environment to discuss prospective collaboratio
FAO Director-General kicks off International Mountain Day
11/12/2019
11 December 2019, Madrid - Youth are driving the world's climate agenda and can help on all fronts, including bolstering mountain ecosystems, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today in remarks opening International Mountain Day.
Innovative solutions needed in agriculture to respond to climate change
11/12/2019
11 December 2019, Madrid - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, said today innovation was vital to build resilience and competitiveness in agriculture and to meet the urgent challenges presented by climate change.
Germany launches €20 million programme with FAO and UNDP to boost the agriculture sectors’ role in addressing climate change
11/12/2019
11 December, Madrid - The German Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety through its International Climate Initiative today announced it is providing €20 million for a new programme co-led by FAO and the United Nations Development
Spain and FAO eye more collaboration on rural development
10/12/2019
10 December 2019, Madrid – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in talks that focused on strengthening future collaboration.
During their discussion, which took place on the side-lines of the COP25 climate summit,
Valencia sees many new opportunities after site is added to FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
10/12/2019
10 December 2019, Madrid – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and the Mayor of Valencia Joan Ribó discussed how the recent addition of the Horta of Valencia to FAO’s list of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) can help showcase the multid
FAO Director-General meets Mars Inc. representatives
09/12/2019
9 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with senior representatives of Mars Inc. including David Crean, Vice President, Corporate R&D, Howard Shapiro, Chief Agricultural Officer, and John Cordaro, Special Representative for Fo
FAO Director-General and IFPRI counterpart renew Memorandum of Understanding
09/12/2019
9 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with Shenggen Fan, Director-General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for talks that focused on the partnership between the two organizations.The meeting provided a
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