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Fisheries and aquaculture production must be sustainably maintained
01/06/2020
2 June 2020, Rome - Fisheries and aquaculture have an enormous role in meeting the world’s food security needs, which makes assuring their sustainable development essential, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted today at a High-Level Meeting on Susta
Strong women tell powerful tales of change and identity at FAO’s virtual tea
31/05/2020
1 June 2020, Rome - More than 300 members of FAO’s Women Committee tuned in to a virtual tea today to listen to inspiring tales of passion and perseverance from Graça MachelandNatalia Kanem, both of whom emphasized the importance of women knowing their ow
FAO looks for more efficiency and effectiveness by proposing to adjust its Programme of Work and Budget
31/05/2020
1 June 2020, Rome - The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu held today a virtual informal seminar for Members’ Permanent Representatives to the UN agency in order to provide them with information and listen to their views regarding the proposed adjustments to
UN agencies and Italian Red Cross sign cooperation agreement to prevent COVID-19
27/05/2020
Red Cross volunteers will continue to assist with temperature screenings at the premises of 26 UN agencies operating in Italy.
First International Tea Day sees call for joint action to ensure sustainability of tea sector
22/05/2020
Celebrating the cultural heritage, health benefits and economic importance of the iconic beverage
21 May 2020, Rome - FAO today marked International Tea Day by stressing the crucial need to ensure the sustainability of tea production - a basis for the l
World Bee Day 2020: FAO calls for more to be done to safeguard our tiny food heroes, amid alarming decline
21/05/2020
Protecting bees and beekeepers is crucial in times of COVID-19 to support livelihoods
20 May 2020, Rome - By cherishing bees and other pollinators, not only do we safeguard the environment and create a sustainable ecosystem, but also support the livelih
Congressional Briefing Calls for Immediate Action to Prevent Hunger Crises amid COVID-19 Pandemic
19/05/2020
19 May 2020, Washington/Rome - The pandemic will end, the health crisis will ease, but if we don’t protect the livelihoods of millions of people today and the food value chains, we will have to rebuild them tomorrow – at much greater cost, warned FAO Dire
Nature- and science-based solutions key to rebuilding better post-COVID-19, and pandemic’s impacts on food security of great concern
14/05/2020
14 May 2020 – FAO is committed to transforming food and agricultural systems so that they are more climate-smart, resilient and biodiversity-friendly, said FAO Director-General QU Dongyu at the virtual meeting of the United Nations System Chief Executives
Director-General welcomes new chair of the G77 and China in Rome
13/05/2020
15 May 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today offered his best wishes to Ambassador Esti Andayani, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to FAO, who took over the chair of the Rome chapter of The Group of 77 and China at the United Nations.
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Science and evidence-based approach is key for accelerating transformation to sustainable food systems
12/05/2020
12 May 2020, Rome/London - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today, via teleconference, with Sir John Beddington and Sandy Thomas, members of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition - an independent group of influential experts wit
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