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FAO looks to innovation in agriculture with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
10/02/2020
11 February 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu discussed the importance of innovation in agriculture when he met Rodger Voorhies, the President of Global Growth and Opportunity, at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Rome.
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FAO and Poland discuss ways to cooperate within the framework of Hand-in-Hand Initiative
10/02/2020
10 February 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today met Jan Krzysztof Ardanowsk, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland. Both parties agreed on the importance of FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative and discussed ways to strengthen
Pulses have a big role in sustainable agriculture and healthy diets
07/02/2020
On World Pulses Day , Director-General points to various benefits of these food crops, highlighting protein, nitrogen fixation and wide array of flavors.
FAO and The Nature Conservancy discuss support for farmers in a changing environment
07/02/2020
7 February, Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today met a delegation from The Nature Conservancy to discuss greater collaboration and new approaches to agriculture that will help farmers in a changing global environment.
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FAO and France agree to strengthen their partnership
06/02/2020
6 February 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with a French delegation, led by the Director for Sustainable Development in the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Philippe Lacoste, to discuss the strategic partnership between FAO an
FAO offers its expertise to China’s efforts to address the novel coronavirus outbreak
05/02/2020
5 February 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has assured China of the Organization’s support as the country battles the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The offer came in a letter sent to President Xi Jinping. Co-signed by fellow Rome-based UN food
FAO Director-General visits the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean headquarters
05/02/2020
5 February, 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu paid a visit today to the headquarters of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) – a FAO statutory body which operates under FAO Governing Bodies. Its main objective is to fede
FAO and ISTA discuss ways to advance seed quality in agriculture
04/02/2020
4 February 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Andreas Wais, the Secretary-General of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), today discussed the importance of seed quality and supporting farmers to improve their seed systems.
Wais
FAO and Rabobank explore new areas of cooperation
04/02/2020
4 February 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with Rabobank delegation led by Suzanne van Tilburg, the Dutch bank’s Global Head Corporate Relations.
The visit followed the recent meeting between the Director-General and Wiebe Draijen,
FAO and Third World Centre for Water Management agree on the need for science-based approach to water scarcity
03/02/2020
3 February, 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with Professor Asit K. Biswas, Chief Executive of Third World Centre, at FAO headquarters in Rome. The two were joined by Dr. Cecilia Tortajada, Senior Research Fellow from the Institute of
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