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Director-General shares roadmap for agri-food systems’ transformation in Africa
27/05/2021
27 May 2021, Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today shared his views on FAO’s roadmap for agri-food systems’ transformation as he met with the Rome-based Africa Regional Group, an
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Read-out of the meeting between FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, and the US Secretary of Agriculture, the Honorable Thomas J. Vilsack
27/05/2021
Today, 27 May 2021, the FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, and Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), met virtually and discussed longstanding cooperation between FAO and the United States of America (USA).
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Read-out of the meeting between FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Honduras, Ambassador Lisandro Rosales Banegas
25/05/2021
Today, 25 May 2021, the FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, had a virtual meeting with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Honduras, Ambassador Lisandro Rosales Banegas, in which they discussed ways of rebuilding an
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Amina Mohammed joined Qu Dongyu to discuss gender equality and celebrate Africa Day
25/05/2021
25 May 2021, Rome – Today’s virtual tea by the FAO Women’s Committee celebrated its First Anniversary and Africa Day with FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and a special guest – Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of t
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FAO and European parliamentarians commit to agri-food systems transformation at Brussels briefing
21/05/2021
21 May 2021, BRUSSELS/ROME – Assuring that everyone has access to adequate and healthy food produced in an environmentally-friendly way is a global challenge, and responses to that challenge must also be global, agreed participants at an event today organ
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Biodiversity “essential” to the future of food security
20/05/2021
20 May 2021, Rome - Biodiversity is indispensable for food and agriculture, and we need to protect it: that was the main message from QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), at the 17th meeting of
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“Digitalization is the way of the new life and the new economy”
18/05/2021
18 May 2021, Rome - Digital agriculture can drive the transformation of agri-food systems necessary to eliminate hunger, reduce poverty and build a better future for all humankind, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of th
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Read-out of the meeting between FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, and the President of UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), The Right Honourable Alok Sharma
11/05/2021
Today, 11 May 2021, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, had a virtual meeting, with The Right Honourable Alok Sharma, President of UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), and Ambassador Marie-Therese Sarch, Permanent Representative of the Un
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Director-General hails FAO employees for their dedication and resilience amid pandemic
11/05/2021
11 May 2021, Rome - In April 2020, with much of the world facing severe restrictions on movement, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) had its first-ever global town hall meeting. The event brought employees worldwide together
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Read-out of the bilateral meeting between FAO Director-General Dr QU Dongyu and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, WTO Director-General
10/05/2021
Today, 10 May 2021, the FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), met virtually and discussed concrete steps to enhance and strengthen the cooperation between FAO and WTO.
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