FAO Women's Committee lauded for its numerous achievements in recent years
17/05/2024
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today expressed his pride and gratitude for the work of FAO’s Women’s Committee underscoring how under its...
FAO’s regional foresight exercise is vital to address Europe and Central Asia’s agrifood systems’ vulnerabilities
16/05/2024
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today urged FAO Members in Europe and Central Asia to discuss strategies and policy options to transform agrifood...
Civil7 Summit: Director-General calls for tighter collaboration with civil society to tackle discrimination and inequalities
15/05/2024
Rome – Working closely with civil society is critical to support rural people’s rights, promote equality and tackle discrimination, FAO Director-General...
Bilateral meeting with the between the Yokohama City Mayor, Takeharu Yamanaka
15/05/2024
Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, had a bilateral meeting with Takeharu Yamanaka, Yokohama City Mayor, at FAO Headquarters.
Statements and speeches
ERC34 Opening Statement
14/05/2024
Articles
Unlocking Africa’s potential through agrifood systems transformation and capacity building
18/04/2024
Africa holds the key to moving towards a world free from hunger and poverty. It is in Africa where enormous gains can be made, and agrifood systems transformation is the definitive foundation for the continent to realize sustainable development and modernization.
Agrifood systems: a path to sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean
18/03/2024
Every two years, FAO holds a Regional Ministerial Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean, bringing together its 33 Members in the region to monitor progress and address the challenges towards fighting hunger, poverty, malnutrition, and inequalities, and to achieving the transformation of agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable.