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FAO's Committee on Agriculture focuses on how livestock sector transformation can contribute to achieving the SDGs
28/09/2020
28 September 2020, Rome - The agricultural sectors and livestock farming in particular must shift towards sustainability to enhance their contribution to food security, nutrition and healthy diets and build back better to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic an
Director-General presents Phase 4 of return plan to headquarters to FAO senior managers
25/09/2020
25 September 2020, Rome - The Director-General QU Dongyu today held a virtual meeting with FAO senior managers, from the level of director and above, to present and discuss the Phase 4 of the Organization’s gradual return plan of employees to headquarters
Codex Alimentarius is a driving force for ensuring food safety and trade standards during COVID-19, says FAO Director-General
24/09/2020
24 September 2020, Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today praised the work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission as a driving force for ensuring international food safety and trade
Partnering with the private sector to tap the potential of the dairy sector
24/09/2020
24 September 2020, Rome - Worldwide milk production is expected to grow by 35 to 45 percent between 2012 and 2050, offering substantial opportunities not only for food security gains and improved human nutrition, but also “to provide employment to million
Director-General held first physical meeting of the Core Leadership Team
21/09/2020
21 September 2020, Rome - Director-General QU Dongyu today held the first physical meeting of the recently established Core Leadership Team, heralding a symbolic step in the return to work at FAO headquarters.
The meeting took place in the Iraq Room, whi
Near East and North Africa countries discuss responses to COVID-19 and how to transform food systems during FAO Regional Conference
21/09/2020
21 September 2020, Muscat/Rome - The 35th FAO Regional Conference for the Near East started today with the topics of transforming food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and responding to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at the
FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems, end hunger and improve nutrition
18/09/2020
18 September 2020, Rome/New York - FAO unveiled today its new Green Cities Initiative and Action Plan to help transform agri-food systems, end hunger and improve nutrition in and around the cities in a post COVID-19 era. The launch took place at a high-le
FAO and Finland underscore joint commitment towards sustainable food systems transformation
17/09/2020
17 September 2020, Rome – During an online meeting today FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Elina Kalkku, Finland’s Under-Secretary for Development Policy, stressed that innovation and environmentally-friendly agriculture are needed in order to make food
Urgent action needed to avert the risk of famine in Burkina Faso, South Sudan and Yemen, FAO Director-General tells UN Security Council
17/09/2020
17 September 2020, New York/ Rome - FAO Director-Genaral QU Dongyu, today warned the United Nations Security Council that Burkina Faso, South Sudan and Yemen were at risk of a looming famine and appealed for an urgent and united humanitarian response to s
Director-General and senior managers present FAO’s structure and work to new Representatives from Members
17/09/2020
17 September 2020, Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held today a virtual Induction Seminar to new Permanent and Alternate Permanent Representatives from Members to FAO on many aspects of the Organization’s mandate,
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