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...
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...
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...
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...
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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.