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Research and agricultural innovation in Lao People’s Democratic Republic benefiting smallholders
20/02/2020
20 February 2020, Vientiane Province – While Lao PDR is a comparatively small country in Asia it has an impressive track record in agricultural research and recent organic innovation.
At the Lao PDR Rice Research Center, just under an hour’s drive from t
FAO Director-General supports Lao People’s Democratic Republic in its drive to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
19/02/2020
19 February 2019, Vientiane – The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), officially a ‘Least Developed Country’ (LDC) can achieve middle income status with strong leadership, investments and partnerships, said QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food
Agriculture must get ‘smarter’ to end poverty and hunger
18/02/2020
18 February 2020, Bangkok – With the majority of the world’s food produced by smallholder farmers, countries are taking steps to make agricultural processes smarter, more efficient and more profitable for all.
The Director-General of the Food and Agricul
FAO Director-General visits Thailand – with a matchmaking proposal
17/02/2020
17 February 2020, Bangkok, Thailand – During his first visit to Southeast Asia since taking office, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, visited Thailand carrying proposals for partnerships
FAO pledges greater support to help Pakistan fight Desert Locust emergency
16/02/2020
16 February, Lahore – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today pledged to help Pakistan fight its Desert Locust emergency after seeing first-hand the devastating impact of the upsurge in the country’s Punjab region.On a three-day official visit to Pakistan,
FAO Director-General and Pakistan’s President discuss ways to promote agricultural modernisation and rural development
15/02/2020
15 February, 2020, Islamabad – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and President of Pakistan Arif Alvi discussed ways to promote agricultural modernisation and rural development with the aim of transforming the country’s agri-food systems and accelerating prog
Director-General meets with Pakistan’s top social safety net and climate advisers
14/02/2020
Meetings in Islamabad with Sania Nishtar and Malik Amin Aslam review the government’s income support programme for rural women and FAO’s Green Climate Fund-backed project along the Indus River Basin
14 February 2020, ISLAMABAD - FAO Director-General QU D
Director-General meets ECOSOC President Juul
12/02/2020
12 February 2020, New York - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Mona Juul, the president of the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), in New York today for discussions on how to bolster agriculture and food security and nutrition to a
FAO and The Group of 77 to reinforce collaboration
11/02/2020
12 February 2020, New York - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu discussed ways to reinforce collaboration with the The Group of 77 in his meeting today with the Group's Chair Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow.
The Group of 77 is the largest intergovernmental organizat
Cooperation models for transforming the agricultural sector
11/02/2020
12 February 2020, New York - South-South and triangular cooperation can foster smarter agriculture, FAO Director-General tells UN panel
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