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Uzbekistan pledges full support to FAO’s Hand-In-Hand Initiative
18/01/2020
18 January 2020, Berlin – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met with Uzbekistan’s Minister of Agriculture, Jamshid Abdukhakimovich Khodjaev who pledged his country’s full support for FAO’s new Hand-In-Hand Initiative that focuses on the most vulnerable
The EU and FAO seek to strengthen cooperation on sustainable agricultural development
18/01/2020
18 January 2020, Berlin – In talks today FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and the new European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, focused on ways to strengthen cooperation between the European Union (EU) and FAO on all agriculture sectors,
Romania reiterates support for FAO-led programmes aimed at achieving the SDGs
18/01/2020
18 January 2020, Berlin – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Romania’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Nechita-Adrian Oros met today for talks that focused on strengthening joint efforts aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Director-General and Azerbaijan’s Agriculture Minister talk about a “digital success story”
18/01/2020
18 January 2020, Berlin - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Inam Karimov, Agriculture Minister for Azerbaijan, had a fruitful meeting on the sidelines of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture.
The minister briefed the Director-General on his countr
Director-General and Germany’s Food and Agriculture Minister meet after Berlin forum
18/01/2020
18 January 2020, Berlin - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Julia Klöckner, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany, and applauded the organization of the just-finished three-day Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin.
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Agriculture ministers meeting in Berlin agree to establish FAO-designed International Digital Council for Food and Agriculture
18/01/2020
18 January 2020, Berlin – FAO Director-General hails agreement to establish the international body to promote digital technologies for sustainable agriculture and food security
Director-General meets Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
17/01/2020
17 January 2020, Berlin - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today Turkey's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli on the sidelines of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture.
The Director-General noted that Turkey is an important member
Director-General meets Canada's Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
17/01/2020
17 January, Berlin - QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General, and Chris Forbes, Canada's Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food met today on the sidelines of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture.
They discussed the importance of income security for fa
Putting trade to work for the goal of food security
17/01/2020
17 January 2020, Berlin - Trade is a way that countries can tap their own local advantages and close food security gaps, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today.
FAO and Zimbabwe pledge greater cooperation at Berlin forum to fight climate change and make farmers more competitive
17/01/2020
17 January, Berlin – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement, Perence Shiri, pledged greater cooperation to fight climate change and action to make farmers more competitive at the 2020 Global For
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