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FAO, the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States launch new programme
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo – In the presence of FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu, today European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, and Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary General of and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (AC
FAO and Norway agree on need to manage marine resources
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo - In talks today, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Harald Nevsik, Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Seafood, agreed on the need to better manage the world’s marine resources.
The parties said it was necessary to protect the world
FAO and Samoa stress the role of traditional diets and food diversity for better nutrition
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today met the Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa Naomi Mataafa who thanked him for FAO’s support in organizing the 2019 Pacific Week of Agriculture recently hosted by her country.
Mataafa, who is also Sa
FAO thanks Norway for generous support
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today thanked Widar Skogan, the State Secretary of Norway’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food for the country’s generous support.
Meeting in Oslo, the two parties had productive talks during which Qu
More money and brains needed for ocean sustainability
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo - Serious investments in ocean sustainability will raise the amount of fish to feed the poor, helping drive progress towards the eradication of hunger which is the lynchpin for achieving the other Sustainable Development Goals, FAO D
FAO and Palau discuss joint efforts related to the 2020 Our Ocean Conference
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo – In talks today the President of Palau, Tommy Remengesau, informed FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu that his country will host the 2020 Our Ocean Conference, an event for which he hopes to count on FAO’s technical and organizational s
FAO and Norway stress the importance of multilateralism to achieve the SDGs
22/10/2019
22 October 2019, Oslo – In talks today FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Dag Inge Ulstein, Norway’s Minister of International Development, agreed on the importance of multilateralism – countries cooperating together through international institutions – t
Japan and FAO aim to deepen collaboration to promote digital and other new technologies in agriculture
21/10/2019
21 October 2019, Rome – In talks today FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Makoto Osawa, Vice Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan focused on ways to boost the introduction of digital and other new technologies in agriculture.
In this
FAO Director-General meets China’s Vice Minister of Natural Resources
21/10/2019
21 October, 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Wang Guanghua, Vice Minister of Natural Resources of China, to discuss ways to pursue sustainable development at a time when natural resources are strained and climate change poses new
FAO Director-General hails inclusive approach of Committee on World Food Security
18/10/2019
18 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today said he hopes the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will have a "beautiful story" to tell in the coming years as the multistakeholder platform tackles an ambitious plan to work towards food
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