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170th FAO Council concludes: “No time to waste,” says FAO Director-General
17/06/2022
Rome - “The current global food security situation calls upon us to act now – there is no time to waste,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), told Members of the FAO Council today, wrapping up
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
16/06/2022
Rome - Director-General QU Dongyu and Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation at USDA, met and discussed the longstanding partnership and fruitful collaboration between FAO and the United States of America. The Under Secretary
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Gerd Müller, Director-General of UNIDO
15/06/2022
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met the Director-General of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Gerd Müller to discuss closer cooperation to help transform agrifood systems.
Qu thanked the UNIDO Director-General for the ongoing
Saudi Arabia's KSRelief increases its support for FAO emergency activities in Yemen
13/06/2022
Rome – QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Supervisor-General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief), today signed an agreement
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Marian Jurečka, Minister for Social Affairs and Vice-Premier of the Czech Republic
09/06/2022
Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu today met Marian Jurečka, Minister for Social Affairs and Vice-Premier of the Czech Republic.
The Director-General welcomed the Minister to FAO’s Headquarters and commended him for his broad understanding of agricul
Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General and Jӧrg Kukies, Permanent Secretary and G7-Sherpa of the Federal Chancellor of Germany
07/06/2022
Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today met with Jӧrg Kukies, Permanent Secretary and G 7-Sherpa of the German Federal Chancellor, at FAO headquarters.
The Director-General thanked the Permanent Secretary for Germany’s long-standing support to
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence of Ireland
02/06/2022
Dublin - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu met Simon Coveney Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence for Ireland.
The Minister welcomed the Director-General to Ireland and mentioned that learning from history’s tragic lessons and with the app
Transforming agrifood systems by listening to farmers’ voices
01/06/2022
Dublin/Rome – During his visit this week to Ireland, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu had the opportunity to meet Joe Hayden, at his and his brother Michael’s dairy farm in Tinahely, County Wicklow.
The Hayden’s family farm is home to their 210-cow dairy h
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of Ireland
01/06/2022
Dublin - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of Ireland to discuss ways to ensure food security at global level and strengthen the collaboration with Ireland at large.
The Minister m
FAO Director-General meets the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, in Dublin
01/06/2022
Dublin - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today met Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, in Dublin to discuss pathways to agrifood systems transformation.
The President mentioned that we are experiencing challenging times due to the impact of a
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