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Italy’s Prime Minister meets with FAO Director-General
16/10/2019
16 October 2019, Rome – Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of Italy visited FAO for World Food Day and met with Director-General Qu Dongyu during the World Food Day celebrations, at which he proposed that Italy host a planned United Nations summit on food syst
2019 World Food Day Special Event features a lecture by Professor Jeffrey Sachs
16/10/2019
16 October, 2019 Rome - The global World Food Day ceremony at FAO’s Rome headquarters today was followed by a Special Event introduced by Director-General Qu Dongyu and featuring a lecture by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs. In his presentation Sachs outlined
FAO Director-General and the Private Sector Mechanism to promote concrete plans towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
16/10/2019
16 October 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with representatives of the Private Sector Mechanism, on the sidelines of the World Food Day Official celebration under the theme “Our actions are our future. Healthy diets for a #ZeroHunger
Director-General and Minister Commissioner for Food Security of Mali team up for food security initiatives
16/10/2019
16 October 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and H.E. Kassoum Denon, Minister Commissioner for Food Security of Mali, in talks today reviewed key food security initiatives supported by the country.
The Minister Commissioner for Food Security co
FAO and Rabobank seek to strengthen strategic partnership
15/10/2019
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Berry Marttin, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Rabobank, to strengthen the current strategic partnership that aims to promote smallholder investments.
They discussed FAO’s new Hand-in-Hand initiative, which
Director-General and Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia to further strengthen existing collaboration
15/10/2019
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and H.E. Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, in talks today discussed strong partnership and support between the country and the Organization.
The parties noted the efforts put in place by the new Government
FAO-UNDP collaboration gets stronger
15/10/2019
15 October 2019, Rome - FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary General and Director, Policy and Programme bureau of UNDP and Michele Candotti, UNDP Chief of Staff.
The meeting reviewed the two agency’s efforts to strengt
Director-General praises the First Lady of Colombia for her engagement to improve nutrition
15/10/2019
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met today with Her Excellency Maria Juliana Ruiz, First Lady of Colombia.
During talks, the Director-General expressed appreciation for the nutrition initiatives led by the First Lady, and acknowledged her engagement in nut
FAO and Libya discuss efforts to boost agricultural development in the North African country
15/10/2019
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Abdel Basset El Ghenimi, Libya’s Acting Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Marine Resources, in talks today reviewed joint efforts aimed at boosting the North African country’s agriculture sector.
In particular, th
Director-General and the Minister for Productive Agriculture and Lands of Venezuela discuss ways of collaboration
15/10/2019
15 October 2019, Rome – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and H.E. Wilmar Alfredo Castro Soltedo, Minister for Productive Agriculture and Lands of Venezuela, met today on the margins of the 46th Session of the Committee on World Food Security.
The Minister
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