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FAO and Rabobank seek to strengthen strategic partnership
15/10/2019
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Berry Marttin, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Rabobank, to strengthen the current strategic partnership that aims to promote smallholder investments.
They discussed FAO’s new Hand-in-Hand initiative, which
UN’s Right-to-Food Special Rapporteur meets with FAO’s Director-General
15/10/2019
15 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu thanked Hilal Elver, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, for her work over the past five years and the global visibility she has brought to an important area of FAO’s work.
Ms. Elver told
Director-General and Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia to further strengthen existing collaboration
15/10/2019
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and H.E. Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, in talks today discussed strong partnership and support between the country and the Organization.
The parties noted the efforts put in place by the new Government
FAO Director-General and Director-General of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development underscore strong partnership
14/10/2019
14 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Dr. Ibrahim Adam Ahmed El-Dukheri, Director General of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, Mr Mustafa Saadi Abbas Al-Juboori, representing the League of Arab States to F
Mauritania’s Commissioner of Food Security and FAO Director-General discuss resilience and rural development paths
14/10/2019
14 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Mohamed Mahmoud Chrif M’Hamed Bouassriya, Mauritania’s Commissioner for Food Security, to discuss how to continue and reinforce their partnership in the years ahead.
It was the first meeting
Director-General and the Minister for Health of Brazil discussed ways of improving people’s diets
14/10/2019
14 October 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Luiz Henrique Mandetta, Minister for Health of Brazil, on the margins of the 46th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS).
During their talks, the Director-General mentio
The Global Network Against Food Crises continues to be a key avenue to address global food crises
14/10/2019
14 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today lauded Neven Mimica’s - the EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development - contribution to the work of the Global Network Against Food Crises, calling it a “legacy”.
The FAO ch
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Director-General and Norway Deputy Minister of International Development outline strong collaboration
14/10/2019
14 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with the Deputy Minister of International Development of Norway, Aksel Jakobsen, to discuss ways to further strengthen the collaboration between Norway and the Organization.
Deputy Minister
FAO Director-General and CPLP Executive Secretary discuss continued collaboration
14/10/2019
14 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with the Executive Secretary of the Community of the Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), Ambassador Francisco Ribeiro Telles.
During the talks, the Executive Secretary presented to the FA
EU provides extra €9 million to support FAO's work promoting nature-friendly agricultural practices in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
14/10/2019
14 October 2019, Rome - European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, and Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Qu Dongyu, today signed a new agreement which will see the EU provide an additiona
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