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FAO Director-General highlights International Year of Soils to Agriculture Ministers in Berlin
19 January 2015
19 January 2015
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Berlin- FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has highlighted some of the most important events on the organization’s 2015 calendar during meetings with agriculture ministers who attended the Global Forum of Food and Agriculture in Berlin from 15-17 January.
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International Conference on South-South Cooperation praises FAO’s leadership and facilitation role
16 December 2014
16 December 2014
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Marrakesh, 15 December 2014 – African Ministers of Agriculture recognized the facilitating role of FAO “under the new strategic framework established with the leadership of the Director General José Graziano da Silva during the last biennium”,...
FAO Council closure: Director-General urges Members to focus on implementation early in 2015
05 December 2014
05 December 2014
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5 December 2014, Rome – At the closure of the FAO Council held today, the agency’s Director-General José Graziano da Silva urged Members Countries to...
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Rome, 2 December 2014 – The Ministers of Agriculture of the European Union and of other Mediterranean countries welcomed FAO’s transformational changes implemented in the last two years, and underlined “the need for continuity in the strategic direction and leadership...
Director General opens FAO Council meeting
01 December 2014
01 December 2014
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FAO Director-General Graziano da Silva today opened the 150th session of the FAO Council, highlighting the successful conclusion of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), held last month in Rome, and pointing to its outcome documents as the beginning...