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FAO Director-General and CGIAR Executive Director agree to strengthen collaboration
30/10/2019
30 October 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Elwyn Grainger-Jones, Executive Director of CGIAR, to discuss ways to work more closely together on issues of common interest.
In their talks, they discussed CGIAR’s ongoing reform to
President of of the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences expresses full support to Hand-in-Hand initiative
29/10/2019
29 October 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Li Chenggui, President of of the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, to discuss ways to strengthen collaboration between the two organizations.
Li appreciated the Dir
His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho reiterates strong commitment to FAO
28/10/2019
28 October 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with H.M. King Letsie III of Lesotho to discuss ways to further collaborate on nutrition-sensitive issues. This was the first meeting of the Director-General with an African Head of State, i
FAO and the Republic of Korea discuss joint efforts related to fisheries and aquaculture
26/10/2019
26 October 2019, Rome – In talks today FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Seong-Hyeok Moon, Minister of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea, explored ways to further collaborate, especially in the fisheries sector.
During the meeting, the Minis
FAO and Samoa stress the role of traditional diets and food diversity for better nutrition
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today met the Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa Naomi Mataafa who thanked him for FAO’s support in organizing the 2019 Pacific Week of Agriculture recently hosted by her country.
Mataafa, who is also Sa
FAO and Norway agree on need to manage marine resources
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo - In talks today, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Harald Nevsik, Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Seafood, agreed on the need to better manage the world’s marine resources.
The parties said it was necessary to protect the world
FAO, the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States launch new programme
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo – In the presence of FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu, today European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, and Patrick I. Gomes, Secretary General of and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (AC
FAO thanks Norway for generous support
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today thanked Widar Skogan, the State Secretary of Norway’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food for the country’s generous support.
Meeting in Oslo, the two parties had productive talks during which Qu
More money and brains needed for ocean sustainability
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo - Serious investments in ocean sustainability will raise the amount of fish to feed the poor, helping drive progress towards the eradication of hunger which is the lynchpin for achieving the other Sustainable Development Goals, FAO D
FAO and Palau discuss joint efforts related to the 2020 Our Ocean Conference
23/10/2019
23 October 2019, Oslo – In talks today the President of Palau, Tommy Remengesau, informed FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu that his country will host the 2020 Our Ocean Conference, an event for which he hopes to count on FAO’s technical and organizational s
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