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Happy New Year 2021
30/12/2020
Director-General QU Dongyu and the core leadership thank all Members, partners and employees for their support in 2020 and wish everyone a happy new year.
2020 in review: Focus on staff well-being drives FAO forward
29/12/2020
A challenging year - with triumphs!
2020 in review: A new FAO that is more inclusive, transparent and digital
27/12/2020
The UN Agency turned challenges into opportunities.
FAO Annual Employee Recognition Awards go to 200 individuals and ten teams across the UN agency
17/12/2020
Launched by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, the annual initiative recognizes remarkable performance under extraordinary circumstances in an exceptional year.
Rising to the challenges of a new era: a switch to healthy diets for all
14/12/2020
14 December, 2020, Rome – To address the multiple burdens of hunger and malnutrition, the spotlight must be shifted to agri-food systems that not only produce more food for the world’s fast-growing population but also provide access to affordable healthy
Small Island Developing State leaders join FAO Director-General to explore pathways to resilience
10/12/2020
10 December 2020, Brussels/Rome - The world's Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face special food-security strains due to climate change, rising oceans, and high reliance on food imports and tourism, which have declined sharply due to the COVID-19 pan
At FAO’s virtual tea, Female World Activists raise voice in unison against Gender-based Violence
07/12/2020
7 December 2020, Rome - Female world activists gathered today at FAO’s virtual tea to discuss ways to address gender-based violence within the context of women, peace and security. They shared insights on how to empower women for more sustainable agri-foo
FAO Director-General cites inclusiveness, market access and innovations as key to food security in the COVID-19 context
03/12/2020
3 December 2020, Rome - Ensuring the free movement of food across the world and well-functioning markets has been a central pillar of the global response to COVID-19 pandemic but difficulties with access to food at national level still remain, FAO Directo
COVID-19: Director-General calls for “coordinated, coherent response” in European Parliament address
02/12/2020
2 December 2020, Rome/Brussels – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today told the European Parliament’s Development Committee that the current public health crisis must not be allowed to
Future of food systems will define our future and trade should play a crucial role
02/12/2020
2 December 2020, Rome/Geneva - Agri-food systems transformation is a global priority that will define humanity’s future and trade should play a crucial role in that change, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation
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