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FAO and Ethiopia discuss the current Desert Locust outbreak in East Africa
27/02/2020
27 February, 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with Gedu Andargachew, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. The parties discussed the current situation with the Desert Locust outbreak in East Africa, as well as ways to prevent its
World’s food systems rely on biodiversity
25/02/2020
24 February 2020, Rome - Everything we eat is produced in ways that imply some transformation of the environment, which means we must have careful discussions of the type and scale of transformations we are prepared to accept, FAO Director-General QU Dong
FAO and Azerbaijan explore ways to cooperate within the framework of Hand-in-Hand Initiative
25/02/2020
25 February, 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Leyla Aliyeva, Vice President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, on Friday.
During the meeting, the Director-General and the Vice President discussed FAO Hand-in-Hand initiative identifying
Biodiversity and food diversity go hand in hand
24/02/2020
24 February 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), following a high-level meeting on biodiversity - the second meeting of the Open-ended
Implementing the Audit Committee’s recommendations to ensure improved performance at FAO
23/02/2020
24 February 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today underscored the important work carried out by FAO’s Audit Committee, which he said is contributing to ensure the sound operation of the UN agency.
The Director-General made the remarks in a me
Director-General and astronaut Thomas Pesquet share views on climate and food-system challenges
21/02/2020
21 February 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Thomas Pesquet, a French astronaut who has been an advocate for action on climate change and used his experience of 196 consecutive days on board the International Space Station in 2016 and
Research and agricultural innovation in Lao People’s Democratic Republic benefiting smallholders
20/02/2020
20 February 2020, Vientiane Province – While Lao PDR is a comparatively small country in Asia it has an impressive track record in agricultural research and recent organic innovation.
At the Lao PDR Rice Research Center, just under an hour’s drive from t
FAO Director-General supports Lao People’s Democratic Republic in its drive to achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
19/02/2020
19 February 2019, Vientiane – The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), officially a ‘Least Developed Country’ (LDC) can achieve middle income status with strong leadership, investments and partnerships, said QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food
Agriculture must get ‘smarter’ to end poverty and hunger
18/02/2020
18 February 2020, Bangkok – With the majority of the world’s food produced by smallholder farmers, countries are taking steps to make agricultural processes smarter, more efficient and more profitable for all.
The Director-General of the Food and Agricul
FAO Director-General visits Thailand – with a matchmaking proposal
17/02/2020
17 February 2020, Bangkok, Thailand – During his first visit to Southeast Asia since taking office, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, visited Thailand carrying proposals for partnerships
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