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FAO Director-General meets Albanian farmers and academia
11/01/2023
Tirana – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met smallholder farmers and experts at the Agricultural University of Tirana on the second and final day of his visit to Albania.
These engagements followed a meeting with President Bajram Begaj for what was his fi
Read-out of the Director-General’s bilateral meeting with the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of Albania, Frida Krifca
10/01/2023
Tirana – Today the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met with Frida Krifca, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of Albania, amid a bilateral visit to the country.
The Minister expressed her appreciation for FAO's strategic partnership and close
200 colleagues and 19 teams win FAO 2022 Employee Recognition Awards
15/12/2022
Rome - A highlight of the new culture of “listening to each other” at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) took place Thursday, with 200 individuals and 19 teams winning Employee Recognition Awards.
The awards, now in their
FAO Town Hall Meeting: Director-General QU Dongyu highlights extraordinary results of Employee Satisfaction Survey and declares 2023 the Year of Excellence
14/12/2022
Rome - Propelled by markedly improved employee job satisfaction and deep-going changes to improve efficiency and results at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Director-General QU Dongyu looked forward to a year of excel
Director-General launches FAO Global Action Plan to prevent child wasting
12/12/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General, QU Dongyu, officially launched on Monday the new FAO Global Action Plan to prevent child wasting in 15 countries.
“Child wasting represents a particularly daunting challenge that we need to urgent
Unison prevails as 171st Session of FAO Council comes to successful end
09/12/2022
Rome - QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) applauded the successful conclusion of the 171st Session of Council, reminding participating delegates that the current global food security situation
Readout of the Director-General’s bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Andorra, Maria Ubach Font
09/12/2022
Rome - Today the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met at FAO headquarters in Rome with Maria Ubach Font, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Andorra.
The Director-General thanked Minister Ubach Font for the longstanding support of Andorra for the UN Mountain
Access to quality seeds is critical for food security and nutrition
08/12/2022
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today called for concrete efforts to produce quality seeds, without which producing nutritious and climate-resilient crops to feed the world’s growing population will be impossible.
The Director-General was speaking
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Wendy Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State, United States of America
07/12/2022
Rome - Director-General QU Dongyu and Wendy Sherman, the US Deputy Secretary of State, met today and discussed the longstanding partnership between FAO and the United States of America. The Deputy Secretary was joined at the meeting by Ambassador Cindy Mc
Readout of the Director-General’s bilateral meeting with Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of Albania, Frida Krifca
06/12/2022
Rome - Today the FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met at FAO headquarters in Rome with Frida Krifca, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of Albania.
The Director-General thanked Minister Frida Krifca for acting as Vice-Chairperson of the Thirty-
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