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FAO Director-General visits Maldives, highlights SIDS’ role in promoting innovation for sustainable fisheries and agriculture
07/03/2022
Malé – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu arrived in Maldives today on an official two-day visit to reaffirm support for and cooperation with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in drivin
Read-out of FAO Director-General’s meeting with Sidi Tiémoko Touré, Minister for Animal and Fisheries Resources of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
03/03/2022
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met with Sidi Tiémoko Touré, Minister for Animal and Fisheries Resources of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire. The Minister commended the Director-General for his vision and achievements, as well as the strong partn
Ukraine: UN appeal includes $183.5 million for urgent food and agricultural livelihoods assistance
02/03/2022
Rome – The United Nations flash appeal in support of Ukraine released Tuesday seeks to provide food and agricultural livelihoods assistance as well as cash for urgent needs to some 2.8 million people in a bid to avert a food security crisis there, alongsi
Strengthening South-South and Triangular Cooperation for global agricultural development and transformation
28/02/2022
Rome/Beijing - Effective cooperation between countries in the Global South and other development partners is critical in reversing the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic which is pushing more people into poverty and hunger.
COVID-19 crisis: extending social protection to rural populations is key to recovery
24/02/2022
Rome – The expansion of social protection for rural populations is a prerequisite for a sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 and must be at the core of the post-pandemic recovery policies, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and
Traditional ceremony congratulates 44 FAO employees for long service
22/02/2022
Rome – “Be like the tiger – be bold, be fearless and be strong!” The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, exhorted FAO employees all over the world to keep on delivering in challenging times and circumstances to help transform agrifood systems to end rural po
Read-out of FAO Director-General’s meeting with Christian Hofer, Director-General of the Federal Office for Agriculture of Switzerland
18/02/2022
Rome - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the Director-General of the Federal Office for Agriculture of Switzerland, Christian Hofer, today met virtually to discuss further collaboration between FAO and Switzerland.
Director-General Hofer underlined th
Social protection is key to COVID-19 recovery, FAO says
07/02/2022
Rome/New York – Social protection schemes have played a key role in helping the world’s poor recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and should be expanded, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, t
Post-pandemic world: sustainable agrifood systems are key to a healthy, inclusive, and green recovery
04/02/2022
New York/Rome – Shifting towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems will play a central role in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and delivering on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Director-General of t
Healthy soils for a healthy people and planet: FAO calls for reversal of soil degradation
28/01/2022
Rome/Berlin - Reversing soil degradation is vital if we want to feed a growing global population, protect biodiversity and help address the planet’s climate crisis, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
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