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Director-General visits Thailand’s first GIAHS where buffaloes and humans shape the ecosystem
11/12/2024
Thale Noi, Thailand - Director-General QU Dongyu today visited the Thale Noi Wetland Buffalo Pastoral Agro-Eco-System in southern Thailand, the first site in the country to be designated as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS). Recognized under the FAO programme in 2022, it is a place where communities have found balance between livelihoods and taking care of the environment.
Bilateral meeting with The Honourable John Salong, Minister for Climate Change, Adaptation, Meteorology and Geo Hazards, Energy, Environment and Disaster Management of Vanuatu
10/12/2024
Bangkok – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with The Honourable John Salong, Minister for Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology and Geo Hazards, Energy, Environment and Disaster Management of Vanuatu, on the margins of the International Soil and Water Forum 2024.
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Director-General urges heads of FAO country offices to take collective action to the next level
10/12/2024
Bangkok – For the second year running, FAO has signaled its commitment to putting the needs of countries and regions front and center in the collective effort to steer the planet’s agrifood systems onto a more productive and sustainable pathway.
Bilateral meeting with Retno L.P. Marsudi, UN Special Envoy on Water
09/12/2024
Bangkok – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Retno L.P. Marsudi, UN Special Envoy on Water, on the margins of the International Soil and Water Forum 2024.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Masadik Masood Malik, Federal Minister for Water Resources of Pakistan
09/12/2024
Bangkok – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with H.E. Masadik Masood Malik, Federal Minister of Water Resources of Pakistan, on the margins of the International Soil and Water Forum 2024 taking place in Bangkok.
Bilateral meeting with Mr Osamu Kubota, Deputy Assistant Minister, Export and International Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
09/12/2024
Bangkok – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Mr Osamu Kubota, Deputy Assistant Minister, Export and International Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan in Bangkok on the margins of the International Soil and Water Forum.
Bilateral meeting with Mr Dasho Thinley Namgyel, Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Bhutan
09/12/2024
Bangkok – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Dasho Thinley Namgyel, Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Bhutan, on the margins of the International Soil and Water Forum 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.
In Thailand, Director-General visits “Four Betters Villages” to see a community water resource management project and Hydro-Informatics Institute
08/12/2024
Bangkok - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today arrived in Thailand for the International Water and Soil Forum co-organized with the Government of Thailand and took the opportunity to visit a “Four Betters Village” to see how a community water resource management project, which effectively addresses local challenges such as flooding, water pollution, drought and saline water intrusion, is contributing to all four the Betters – better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Prof. Dr. Narumon Pinyosinwat, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of Thailand
08/12/2024
Bangkok – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with H.E. Prof. Dr. Narumon Pinyosinwat, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of Thailand on the margins of the International Soil and Water Forum 2024, co-organized by FAO and the Kingdom of Thailand.
Bilateral Meeting with H.E. Abubakr Omer Al-Bushra Ahmed, Minister for Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Republic of Sudan
06/12/2024
Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met today with H.E. Abubakr Omer Al-Bushra Ahmed Minister for Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Republic of Sudan on the margins of the 176th Session of the FAO Council.
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