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Building a new FAO based on solidarity and inclusiveness
17/06/2020
17 June 2020, Rome – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today delivered closing remarks in the final session of the Joint Meeting of the UN agency’s Programme and Finance Committees. Over the last 10 days, Members of both committees discussed programmatic
Progress towards implementing the declaration on African food security and nutrition during COVID-19
15/06/2020
African Union-FAO led COVID-19 Task Force holds second meeting
15 June 2020 - The Task Force on the impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutrition in Africa held its second meeting today to report back on progress made since the first session. The Tas
A new feeling of One FAO that connects all employees
12/06/2020
12 June 2020, Rome – It was a gathering with a difference. Thousands of beaming faces tuning in from places as far-flung as one can imagine. The first ever “town hall” meeting of FAO staff members all over the world was in session, online, on 4 June. The
FAO and the EU ally in boosting agriculture in neighboring countries
10/06/2020
10 June 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Olivér Várhelyi, European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargment (NEAR), today and emphasized the importance of ongoing cooperative support for countries in the EU’s neighboring reg
Making FAO more efficient and inclusive for better production, nutrition, environment and life
08/06/2020
8 June 2020, Rome – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today addressed the Joint Meeting of the UN agency’s Programme and Finance Committees, which took place virtually for the first time in FAO’s history. From the offset, Qu highlighted his vision of a n
FAO and EU work together to prevent transboundary animal diseases and reduce food loss and waste
05/06/2020
5 June 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the European Union Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, today discussed ways to strengthen collaboration on a number of issues, including the prevention of transboundary anima
Director-General celebrates the “big FAO family” in first virtual town hall meeting with FAO staff around the world
04/06/2020
4 June 2020, Rome –The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today held the second virtual town hall meeting with FAO personnel. This time Qu interacted with FAO employees that work in decentralized offices around the world, following the first meeting in April
EU and FAO renew commitment to make agriculture more innovative and environmentally friendly
03/06/2020
3 June 2020, Rome – Janusz Wojciechowski, the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture and FAO Director-GeneralQU Dongyu renewed their commitment today to work together to make agriculture more innovative and environmentally friendly, with the aim to c
Towards healthy diets for all
02/06/2020
2 June 2020, Rome - FAO is working to update its vision for and strategy on nutrition and this initial work has been presented and discussed today with representatives of FAO’s Members.
When it comes to nutrition, FAO’s aim is to achieve a world where al
Fisheries and aquaculture production must be sustainably maintained
01/06/2020
2 June 2020, Rome - Fisheries and aquaculture have an enormous role in meeting the world’s food security needs, which makes assuring their sustainable development essential, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted today at a High-Level Meeting on Susta
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