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Building strong and lasting partnerships
30/04/2021
Building strong and lasting partnerships
30/04/2021
The Director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York, Guangzhou QU, has continued holding courtesy calls throughout April 2021, with discussions focusing on strengthening partnerships, recover better from the COVID-19 pandemic, and transform agriculture and food systems to accelerate efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda....
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Interview with Mark Lowcock
30/04/2021
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
The number of hungry people keeps rising, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities. What do you think are the key elements necessary to avert a famine now but also prevent it in...
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FAO at the Twentieth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
28/04/2021
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body that reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is the central coordinating body for matters relating to the concerns and rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world. The Permanent Forum was established with...
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UN General Assembly to hold High-level Interactive Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance - a global health and development threat
28/04/2021
Call to Action to tackle AMR through the One Health approach and to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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The digital divide risks becoming the ‘New Face of Inequality’
27/04/2021
FAO participates in the General Assembly’s High-level Thematic Debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity
April 27, New York
The President of the General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, convened a one-day High-level Thematic Debate on Digital Cooperation and Connectivity on Tuesday, 27 April 2021, in the General Assembly Hall in the United Nations Headquarters....
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Collaborative Partnership on Forests calls for halt to deforestation
27/04/2021
A group of 15 international organizations working on forestry today issued a joint statement
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Healthy forests are key to “building back better”
26/04/2021
FAO joins the global call to action for reversing deforestation at the UN Forum on Forests
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FAO at the UN Forest Forum
23/04/2021
The 16th session of the Forum will be held from 26-30 April 2021 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
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Small family farmers produce a third of the world’s food
23/04/2021
New FAO research focuses on contributions of farmers with fewer than two hectares
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FAO and the European Space Agency unite to support countries in achieving the SDGs
20/04/2021
A new Memorandum of Understanding enhances the use of Earth observation data for food and agriculture statistics
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Fight against fall armyworm: good progress, more efforts needed
16/04/2021
FAO Director-General reviews action to tackle the destructive pest
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FAO at the Fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Population and Development
16/04/2021
The Commission on Population and Development, at its fifty-fourth session (CPD54), considered the special theme of “Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development”. As members opened the fifty-fourth session, they heard that the COVID-19 continues to expose links between gender inequality, food insecurity and poor access to health care and...
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FAO at the 20th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
16/04/2021
The session will take place from 19 to 30 April
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Food Coalition gains momentum as food security is featured on the G20 agenda
15/04/2021
FAO and Italy call for global alliance and commitment to address COVID-19 impacts
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FAO and the African Union Commission launch a guide to help countries enter Africa's new single market
15/04/2021
Increased agricultural trade between African countries can drive sustainable development and play a pivotal role for the transformation of our food systems
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FAO Director-General QU Dongyu designates European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet FAO Goodwill Ambassador
12/04/2021
French astronaut to advocate for action on climate change and transforming our agri-food systems
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Signs of hope in East Africa, as control campaign tames locust upsurge
12/04/2021
But FAO calls for increased surveillance to lock in gains, prevent a resurgence
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FAO's flagship Hand-In-Hand initiative aimed at eradicating poverty and hunger builds momentum
10/04/2021
10 April 2021, New York/Rome --
Government representatives express support at New York briefing.
Progress made by countries in fighting poverty and hunger under FAO's flagship Hand-In-Hand Initiative during the last 18 months came under the spotlight at a technical briefing organized by FAO's Liaison Office in New York and the UN...
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Global food prices rise for 10th month in a row
08/04/2021
Vegetable oils drive FAO Food Price Index higher in March while cereal quotations dip
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Scale of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo “staggering”, FAO, WFP warn
06/04/2021
Over 27 million Congolese – one in three people - now critically hungry