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A People-Centred New FAO
31/07/2020
At a recent meeting, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu declared that he was “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” To all those working at FAO, invoking the phrase summed up the new boss they have come to know over the past twelve months.
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Director-General rallies senior managers to build an agile and results-oriented FAO
30/07/2020
30 July 2020, Rome – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met virtually with more than 120 senior managers of the UN Agency from around the world to present the next steps in implementing reforms to make the Organization more efficient, effective, inc
FAO unveils platform to help accelerate action on reducing food loss and waste
29/07/2020
29 July 2020, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today unveiled a comprehensive platform to help the global community step up action to reduce food loss and waste as the UN agency and partners call for increased effor
Greater investments needed to transform African food systems in the face of COVID-19
27/07/2020
27 July 2020, Addis Ababa – The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General QU Dongyu today called for sustained and strategic investments to accelerate an agri-food system transformation in Africa in the face of an impending food crisis driven b
Director-General highlights to Oversight Advisory Committee that FAO will become more agile, modern and digital
27/07/2020
27 July 2020, Rome - The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today addressed the 55th meeting of the recently renamed FAO Oversight Advisory Committee, which was previously called Audit Committee and met virtually for the first time.
Qu highlighted that the
FAO and GCF reaffirm commitment for greater collaboration for better environment, food production and security, and life
27/07/2020
27 July 2020, Rome – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Yannick Glemarec discussed today ways to expand FAO’s and GCF’s collaboration.
Three FAO project proposals focused on bolstering rural gre
FAO and Islamic Development Bank strengthen partnership with new cooperation agreement
22/07/2020
22 July 2020, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) today strengthened their long-standing partnership through a new agreement and action plan, focusing on agriculture-related busi
More collaboration with the private sector to ensure healthy diets for all
21/07/2020
21 July 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Executive Director Lawrence Haddad today agreed that greater efforts must be made to transform food systems through innovative collaboration with the pri
FAO launches Hand-in-Hand geospatial data platform to help build stronger food and agriculture sectors post COVID-19
21/07/2020
21 July, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched the Hand-in-Hand geospatial platform with a large and rich set of data on food, agriculture, socioeconomics, and natural resources to help strengthen evidence
Coordinated action is key to defeating Fall Armyworm
20/07/2020
20 July, 2020, Rome - Increased coordination and cooperation and flexible, innovative approaches are necessary to address the global challenges we currently face, including Fall Armyworm.
Addressing participants at the second meeting of the Steering Comm
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