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Readout of the Director-General’s bilateral meeting with the Minister for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry of Italy, Francesco Lollobrigida
02/12/2022
Rome - Today the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met at FAO headquarters in Rome with Francesco Lollobrigida, Minister for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry of Italy.
The Director-General thanked Italy for being host to FAO since 1951, and expr
FAO Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control still has much work ahead, Director-General says
01/12/2022
Rome - There must be no letting up in efforts to control the spread of one of the world’s most destructive plant pests, fall armyworm, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, said today.
“We are seeing
FAO Director-General seeks funding boost to Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC)
30/11/2022
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today addressed a Strategic Dialogue on the Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) with its Resource Partners and called for funding for the 2022-2025 period to be boosted to $100 million.
The FVC, a pooled funding to
Readout of the Director-General's bilateral meeting with H.E. Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
30/11/2022
Rome - Today, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu met with H.E. Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
The Director-General congratulated the Government of Egypt and Minister Shoukry for the successful organization of t
RBAs coordination is a success and must become “even better”
30/11/2022
Rome – Collaboration between the three Rome-based United Nations agencies (RBAs) – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – has been effective but needs to
Harnessing digital technologies together can “provide the answers we need”
29/11/2022
Rome/Addis Ababa - Digital technologies can make large contributions to global goals including sustainable agriculture and hunger reduction, making focused collaboration an imperative, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization o
FAO Director-General meets Hungarian Minister for Agriculture in Budapest
26/11/2022
Budapest, Hungary – The FAO Director-General today met the Minister for Agriculture of Hungary, Istvan Nagy, in Budapest, and expressed his appreciation to the Government of Hungary for hosting FAO’s Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and the Org
FAO Director-General discusses cooperation with the Government of Oman
24/11/2022
Muscat – On the sidelines of the Third Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), FAO Director-General QU Dongyu held talks with representatives of the Government of Oman. Qu met the Deputy Prime Minister for the Council o
FAO Director-General calls for action at global conference on antimicrobial resistance
24/11/2022
Muscat - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today urged government ministers from around the world gathered in Muscat for the Third Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to step up their efforts to reduce the devastating
FAO Director-General visits Oman ahead of Antimicrobial Resistance Conference
23/11/2022
Muscat– FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met Oman’s Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources, Saud bin Hamoud bin Ahmed Al-Habsi, ahead of the Third Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Muscat.
The D
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