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FAO headquarters is now home to a hydroponics facility
13/10/2022
Rome -The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) unveiled today the first hydroponics facility housed in its headquarters.  Hydroponics involves growing crops and plants without soil, using water-based nutrient solutions, offering
Readout of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Al Sayed Mohammed Marzouk El-Qusair, Minister for Agriculture and Land Reclamation of the Arab Republic of Egypt
12/10/2022
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met Al Sayed Mohammed Marzouk El-Qusair, Minister for Agriculture and Land Reclamation of the Arab Republic of Egypt. During the meeting the parties  signed a Letter of Intent to work together to finalize agreem
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Otar Shamugia, Minister for Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
11/10/2022
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with Otar Shamugia, Minister for Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on the sidelines of the 50th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 50). The Minister expressed his appreci
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Limber Cruz López, Minister for Agriculture, Dominican Republic
10/10/2022
Rome - Director-General QU Dongyu met today with H.E. Limber Cruz López, Minister for Agriculture of the Dominican Republic on the sidelines of the 50th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 50). The Minister was joined at the meeting by Da
Readout of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Princess Basma bint Ali of Jordan, FAO Goodwill Ambassador for the Near East and North Africa and Head of the National Convention on Biological Diversity Committee of Jordan
06/10/2022
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met Princess Basma bint Ali of Jordan, FAO Goodwill Ambassador for the Near East and North Africa and Head of the National Convention on Biological Diversity Committee of Jordan, on the sidelines of the 26th Ses
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Dr Abbasali Nobakht, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Islamic Republic of Iran
05/10/2022
Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, had a meeting with Dr Abbasali Nobakht, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the sidelines of the 26th Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) that is taking place from 3 to
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Cary Fowler, Special Envoy for Global Food Security, US Department of State
04/10/2022
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with Cary Fowler, Special Envoy for Global Food Security with the US Department of State. The Director-General congratulated the Special Envoy on his appointment to the role in May 2022.  He also expressed
Read-out of the FAO Director-General’s meeting with Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (2022)
04/10/2022
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Robert Bonnie, Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), today met and discussed the longstanding partnership between FAO and the United States of
Youth must be given the skills to shape evolving forestry sector, FAO Director-General says
04/10/2022
Rome – Investing in a sustainable future means investing in youth, QU Dongyu, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today told attendees of the event A bright future for forestry: Investing in youth care
Director-General’s field visit in Bali: Sustaining Bali farmers’ lives and livelihoods in the digital world
29/09/2022
Bali, Indonesia - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visited a UNESCO world heritage site, the Jatiluwih Rice Terrace, as part of a field visit on the last day of the G20 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting in Bali. Together with a number of G20 Ministers of Agri
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