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World Food Prize Laureate calls for quality seeds for healthy and sustainable diets
16/10/2019
16 October 2019, Des Moines, Iowa – “There can be no nutrition and food security without access to quality seeds for the world’s smallholders,” stated Vimlendra Sharan, Director of FAO North America during his opening remarks at a breakout session held during the 2019 Borlaug Dialogue on World...
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World Food Day Poetry Competition Winners Express Powerful Views on Zero Hunger
16/10/2019
WASHINGTON – The FAO North America Office and Poetry X Hunger are proud to announce the winners of the 2019 World Food Day Poetry Competition. Taking center stage as the first-place winner is “The Fruits of Famine” by Henry Crawford of Montgomery County, MD. Receiving the second-place award is...
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UN Climate Week Calls for Greater Role of a Landscape Approach for Climate Action
10/10/2019
10 October 2019, Washington, DC – FAO North America and EcoAgriculture Partners convened a roundtable discussion to reflect on the UN Climate Week in New York and discuss its implications for landscapes.
Sara Scherr, President and CEO of EcoAgriculture Partners, moderated the roundtable...
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Canadian perspectives on building a resilient future for all
08/10/2019
8 October 2019, Ottawa, ON - FAO North America in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the University of Ottawa’s International Development and Globalization Student Association co-organized a high-level technical discussion highlighti...
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Mark your calendar for the World Food Day Twitter Chat (Oct 15, 10-11 AM EDT)
08/10/2019
Healthy Diets for a #ZeroHunger World
Join the #WorldFoodDay Twitter Chat #WFDChat
What: Join FAO North America and Chef’s Manifesto for the World Food Day Twitter Chat on how we can m...
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue's World Food Day Message
07/10/2019
Focusing on the Past Will Not Feed the Future
By U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue
World Food Day is about more than the founding of t...
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FAO Director-General’s inaugural visit to the United States
03/10/2019
19-20 September, Washington, DC – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu met with FAO staff and senior government and multilateral organizations officials, including U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, during his inaugural visit to Washington, DC, in advance of the 74th UN General A...
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First North America Landscape Finance Forum explores innovative models for investments
02/10/2019
2 October 2019, Chicago, Illinois - The North America Landscape Finance Forum (NALFF) explored integrated landscape investment models in the U.S. and Canada, where some of the most innovative initiatives are taking place. The goals of the full-day forum was to be...
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16 October is World Food Day! Take action for Healthy Diets & #ZeroHunger
02/10/2019
Whether you’re a business, farmer, government representative or simply someone that's willing to make a change, here’s our recipe to help you make...
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FAO and the Green Climate Fund to work closer together to transform agro-food systems
27/09/2019
27 September 2019, New York – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Yannick Glemarec Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) today agreed to work more closely together to transform agro-food systems so that they can become more productive in a sustainable way.
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Healthy foods are clear priority for Small Island Developing States
27/09/2019
27 September 2019, New York - Food security and nutrition must be a priority in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which can count on FAO's support in taking "better coordinated and more coherent actions" towards that goal, Director-General Qu Dongyu said on Friday.
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FAO, UN Environment deepen their partnership
27/09/2019
27 September 2019, New York - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) renewed their partnership on Thursday, pledging to cooperate in areas of common interest.
The Memorandum of Understanding, which replenishes...
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FAO, UNDP renew partnership to better deliver on the 2030 Agenda
26/09/2019
26 September 2019, New York - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their partnership towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
The agree...
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New FAO Hand-in-Hand Initiative to maximize partnerships for greater impacts
26/09/2019
26 September 2019, New York – Having Member States’ support and buy-in is paramount to FAO successfully rolling out new initiatives, such as the new Hand-in-Hand Initiative, to help accelerate achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals - especially e...
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A science-based approach is critical to safeguard biodiversity
26/09/2019
26 September 2019, New York – In talks today FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and Cristiana Pașca Palmer, the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, agreed that efforts to safeguard the planet’s biodiversity must be rooted in scien...
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Mobilizing technologies, innovations, knowledge and expertise to reshape food systems
26/09/2019
26 September 2019, New York - Establishing a new business model based on science, data, transparency and accountability and conducive to strong partnerships with the private sector is a major focus for FAO, the Organization's Director-General Qu Dongyu today told private sect...
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Food systems and tropical agriculture are SDG hotspots
25/09/2019
25 September 2019, New York - Transforming food and nutrition systems is central to achieving the 2030 Agenda, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said today at a Leaders' Dialogue on the Sustainable...
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USAID and FAO agree on need for transparency and accountability
25/09/2019
25 September 2019, New York – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu and USAID Administrator Mark Green met today in talks that focused on cooperation between the two organizations.
Green said he looked forward to working closely with Qu,...
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New pathway for food systems development
25/09/2019
25 September, 2019, New York - Food systems are huge economic, social and environmental drivers of transformational change, FAO Director-General Qu Dongyusaid today. Turning them into accelerators of progress on the SDGs is essential to achieving several core obje...
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A Great Green Wall for Cities
21/09/2019
21 September 2019, New York - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization's Director-General Qu Dongyu today announced the Great Green Wall for Cities initiative that aims to support nature-based solutions to climate change.
The Director-General made the announcement on t...