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FAO Director-General urges G20 to ensure that food value chains are not disrupted during COVID-19 pandemic
26/03/2020
26 March 2020, Rome/Riyadh - The Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, today urged leaders from the G20 countries to take measures for global food systems to continue to work well, particularly in relation to acces
FAO Director-General: "Improved water management in agriculture is essential to deal with climate change."
22/03/2020
On the occasion of the World Water Day, QU Dongyu encouraged all countries and people to prioritize water and sound water resources management.
“We need to care for our only home – our planet Earth – by caring for our forests.”
20/03/2020
20 March 2020 - In this video message, QU Dongyu highlights the need for biodiversity-smart food systems to tackle climate change, deforestation and forest degradation.
FAO Director-General: “women are central” in food systems
06/03/2020
Millions of rural women in developing countries face hurdles and higher food insecurity.
Chinese President XI thanks FAO, IFAD and WFP for “staunch support” in dealing with COVID-19 outbreak
02/03/2020
2 March 2020, Rome – XI Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China has expressed his gratitude to FAO, IFAD and WFP for what he has described as the “staunch support” provided to his country by the three Rome-based UN agencies in dealing with th
Harnessing AI’s transformative power to make food systems more efficient, sustainable and inclusive
28/02/2020
FAO Director-General signs up to ethical resolution on Artificial Intelligence endorsed by Pope Francis.
FAO and WWF agree on need for more science-based solutions to tackle agricultural and environmental challenges
27/02/2020
27 February 2020, Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met with WWF’s Director-General Marco Lambertini to discuss issues ranging from biodiversity, climate change, agriculture to food systems.
They both agreed on the importance of having more sc
FAO Advisory Group kicks off with a meeting in Rome
27/02/2020
27 February 2020, Rome – The FAO Advisory Group this week held its first meeting at FAO headquarters in Rome. The Group was initiated and established by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, with a view to create an open, creative and forward-looking FAO. A wid
FAO and Ethiopia discuss the current Desert Locust outbreak in East Africa
27/02/2020
27 February, 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with Gedu Andargachew, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. The parties discussed the current situation with the Desert Locust outbreak in East Africa, as well as ways to prevent its
FAO and Azerbaijan explore ways to cooperate within the framework of Hand-in-Hand Initiative
25/02/2020
25 February, 2020, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Leyla Aliyeva, Vice President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, on Friday.
During the meeting, the Director-General and the Vice President discussed FAO Hand-in-Hand initiative identifying
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