The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations launched a new Corporate Environmental Responsibility Strategy which aims to reduce the Organization’s total Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) by 45 percent by 2030.
Global demand for tea has seen a remarkable increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing a new momentum to build a sustainable and resilient tea sector while preserving its unique character of bringing people together. This was a key takeaway from a FAO-hosted virtual high-level event to mark the International Tea Day 2021.
Health and agri-food systems must be strengthened and improved to counter the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and to avoid a global food crisis, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said today.
FAO-led World Bee Day 2021 calls for further collaboration to safeguard biodiversity and strengthen agriculture and food systems through bees and other pollinators
International organizations have come together to launch a new One Health High-Level Expert Panel to improve understanding of how diseases with the potential to trigger pandemics, emerge and spread.
Nearly half of the population – 47 percent – suffers from high and surging acute food insecurity in the Central African Republic as the country reels from the impacts of ongoing conflict and COVID-19, and braces for another harsh May-August lean season, warn FAO and WFP.
“Digitalization is the way of the new life and the new economy,” FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2021.
In a sign that food security and nutrition are increasingly seen as key vectors for sustainable development, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) approved a FAO-driven resolution likely to enrich and intensify discussions at the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit.
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, spoke at the virtual launch of a new FAO-led publication entitled “Veterinary Vaccines: Principles and Applications”.
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has welcomed an €8 million contribution from the European Union (EU) that will enable countries in the Horn of Africa to maintain a state of readiness in the face of a possible resurgence of Desert Locusts.
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has welcomed an €8 million contribution from the European Union (EU) that will enable countries in the Horn of Africa to maintain a state of readiness in the face of a possible resurgence of Desert Locusts.
Last updated: 12 May 2021
