Nouvelles

23 February 2021, Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today held virtual talks with Saud bin Hamoud bin Ahmed Al-Habsi, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources of Oman.

Despite being a year of unprecedented slowdown of activities, 2020 witnessed a time of growth in financial volume and renewed commitment to FAO’s Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM), the principal pooled funding mechanism for partners willing to contribute flexible, less-earmarked voluntary resources to the Organization. In 2020, FMM contributions during the

Les Membres de la FAO ont adopté la nouvelle Stratégie relative à la mobilisation du secteur privé 2021-2025 à la dernière session du Conseil, en décembre 2020. La Stratégie est le fruit d’une nouvelle vision tournée vers l’avenir, qui vise à renforcer la mobilisation du secteur privé en vue de la réalisation des objectifs de développement durable (ODD).Mme Beth Bechdol, Directrice générale adjointe et personne clé de l’équipe de direction centrale chargée de mener les consultations et les négociations sur la nouvelle Stratégie, explique pourquoi il est si important de mobiliser le secteur privé pour atteindre les ODD.

Japan is stepping up funding for FAO in three key areas, Vice-Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Makoto Osawa told Director-General QU Dongyu, as the two officials met virtually today. Osawa went on to list the strengthening of agricultural supply chains in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; the promotion of traditional healthy diets; and statistical capacity.

In collaboration with the Belgian Development Cooperation, FAO’s Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equity Division held the first in a series of five webinars, “Community Engagement for Empowerment: Key for People-Centered Rural Transformation?” Participants looked at the achievements, potential and challenges of community engagement for empowerment in development and humanitarian interventions and strategies.