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Director-General discusses stronger collaboration with INBAR counterpart
06/12/2019
6 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Ali Said Mchumo, Director-General of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR), at the Organization’s headquarters in Rome, on the sidelines of the 163rd Session of the F
Director-General meets Russian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
06/12/2019
6 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Sergey Vershinin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, at the Organization’s headquarters in Rome.
The pair met on the sidelines of the 163rd Session of the F
UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee focuses on humanitarian efforts
05/12/2019
5 December, 2019, Geneva – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today participated at the UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee Principals Meeting together with UN counterparts whose agencies, like FAO, work on the humanitarian front.
The meeting provided an oppo
Hand-in-Hand Initiative creates a new business model for partners to work together to end poverty and hunger
04/12/2019
4 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today pointed to the UN agency's new Hand-in-Hand Initiative as an innovative business model and a unique opportunity through which partners across the public, private and other sectors can work toge
FAO and Centro Agroalimentare Roma to promote the sale of local fresh fruits and vegetables on FAO premises
04/12/2019
4 December 2019, Rome - Supporting local farmers and food producers is crucial to promote sustainable, healthy diets in a context where overweight and obesity rates around the world continue to grow mainly due to the over consumption of highly processed f
Director-General meets Philippines Undersecretary for Policy and Planning
04/12/2019
4 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Rodolfo V. Vicerra, Undersecretary for Policy and Planning, Department of Agriculture of the Philippines, at the Organization’s headquarters in Rome, on the sidelines of the 163rd Sessi
FAO scales up fight against Fall Armyworm
04/12/2019
4 December 2019, Rome - FAO launched today a three-year Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control to scale up efforts to curb the growing spread of the invasive pest which is causing serious damage to food production and affecting millions of farmers across
Director-General and Cameroon Minister Delegate to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development discuss youth inclusion in agriculture
03/12/2019
3 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Clémentine Ananga Messina, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Cameroon, at the Organization’s headquarters in Rome, on the sidelines of the 163rd
FAO to open Partnership and Liaison Office in Kuwait
03/12/2019
3 December, 2019, Rome - FAO and the Government of Kuwait have agreed that the UN agency will open a Partnership and Liaison Office in the country in order to step up joint efforts to end hunger and poverty, boost nutrition and promote sustainable agricul
Director-General and Minister for Agriculture and Forestry of Angola discuss stronger collaboration
03/12/2019
3 December 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with António Francisco de Assis, Minister for Agriculture and Forestry of Angola, at the Organization’s headquarters in Rome, on the sidelines of the 163rd Session of the FAO Council.
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