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Bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, H.E. Gabriela Sommerfeld
13/05/2024
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met H.E. Gabriela Sommerfeld, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, at FAO headquarters in Rome.
Director-General sets out several reasons for enhanced and coordinated work to protect plant health at International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) event
13/05/2024
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today called for stepped up efforts to protect plant health, underlining that “safeguarding the health of plants means that we are safeguarding the health of the planet.” Qu was speaking at an event to mark the International Day of Plant Health 2024.
Bilateral meeting with the Chair of the International Civil Service Commission, Mr Larbi Djacta
10/05/2024
New York - On the occasion of his travel to New York, the FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu, met with Mr Larbi Djacta, Chair of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC).
Director-General emphasizes need to make sure science, technology and innovation is suitable, accessible and affordable for all
09/05/2024
New York –  Science, technology and innovation offer “vast” potential for progress in ensuring food security and nutrition, reducing poverty and safeguarding the environment while boosting sustainable agriculture, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said on Thursday.
Director-General addresses High-Level Segment of 19th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
09/05/2024
New York – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today addressed the 19th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF19).
Bilateral meeting with the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture of Germany, H.E. Claudia Müller
09/05/2024
New York - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with H.E. Claudia Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture of Germany, in New York, to discuss the need for coordinated action across all agriculture sectors to facilitate the transformation of global agrifood systems, while thinking strategically and linking global agendas – from the Global Forest Goals to the SDGs, to the Global Biodiversity Framework.
During Cornell University visit QU Dongyu emphasizes the important role of young people in agrifood system transformation
09/05/2024

Ithaca, New York - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu visited Cornell University and its food and agriculture research hub, Cornell AgriTech – a place where science, innovation and agrifood system transformation meets.

In Chile, the Director-General witnesses leading examples of water conservation and diversified fishing in response to climate challenges
06/05/2024
Coquimbo, Chile - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, in Chile recently visited one of the major examples of landscape restoration and conservation, the Cerro Grande ecological site in the Coquimbo region and then two aquaculture centers in the Tongoy area, which exemplify the country’s diversified fishing production.
Meeting with H.E. Esteban Valenzuela, Minister of Agriculture of Chile
01/05/2024
Santiago - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with H.E. Esteban Valenzuela, Minister of Agriculture of Chile, in Santiago to discuss ways to further strengthen the collaboration between FAO and Chile.
Director-General urges renewed progress towards world without poverty and hunger
30/04/2024
Santiago – It is time to join hands again to re-imagine a world without poverty and hunger, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today in remarks to a high-level seminar of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
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