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2020: The year of an efficient FAO
30/01/2020
29 January 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has underscored the need in 2020 – the year of the UN agency’s 75th anniversary –to place much greater emphasis on “delivery of more tangible results” and for a stronger focus on transparency, account
FAO and the US stress innovation, science and technology in agriculture are critical to achieve food security
29/01/2020
29 January, 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with the US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. During the meeting, the Director-General expressed appreciation for support extended by the US Government since he took office. QU underl
Director-General’s trip to Davos and the World Economic Forum
29/01/2020
29 January 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu seized opportunities at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) to advocate for transformative change in the world’s agriculture and food systems. The 50th meeting of the WEF, an annual event in Davos
FAO Director-General invites Tajikistan to participate in Hand-in-Hand Initiative
29/01/2020
29 January, 2020, Rome - FAO Director General QU Dongyu met today with Tajikistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Muzaffar Huseynzoda. During the meeting, the FAO chief presented the UN agency's new Hand-in-Hand Initiative, inviting Tajikistan to participate i
FAO, CIMMYT and USAID discuss ways to tackle Fall Armyworm, Desert Locust and other crop-devastating pests and diseases
28/01/2020
28 January 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Martin Kropff, Director-General of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). The two were also joined by Robert Bertram, Chief Scientist of the United States Agency for I
FAO Director-General invites private sector to join fight against hunger and poverty
23/01/2020
23 January 2020, Davos – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today urged the private sector to work with the organization in its efforts to lift the world’s most vulnerable out of hunger and poverty. Speaking to UN TV at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos
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
Uzbekistan pledges full support to FAO’s Hand-In-Hand Initiative
18/01/2020
18 January 2020, Berlin – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met with Uzbekistan’s Minister of Agriculture, Jamshid Abdukhakimovich Khodjaev who pledged his country’s full support for FAO’s new Hand-In-Hand Initiative that focuses on the most vulnerable
The EU and FAO seek to strengthen cooperation on sustainable agricultural development
18/01/2020
18 January 2020, Berlin – In talks today FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and the new European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, focused on ways to strengthen cooperation between the European Union (EU) and FAO on all agriculture sectors,
Romania reiterates support for FAO-led programmes aimed at achieving the SDGs
18/01/2020
18 January 2020, Berlin – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Romania’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Nechita-Adrian Oros met today for talks that focused on strengthening joint efforts aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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