UN report calls for repurposing of $470 billion of agricultural support that distorts prices and steer us away from environment and social goals

A multi-billion-dollar opportunity: Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems, launched by FAO, UNDP and UNEP finds that 87 percent of public agricultural producer supports, or $470 billion, is price distorting and environmentally and socially harmful.
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Afghanistan: FAO appeals for $36 million to urgently save rural livelihoods and avoid massive displacement

Director-General QU Dongyu stresses that time is of the essence in address to UN High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan
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FAO calls for a greater focus on heading off food crises before they strike

Acting before shocks hit, instead of after disaster unfolds, is a more cost-effective humani-tarian approach, agency tells UN General Assembly event
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Make a real difference: Reduce food loss and waste!

The scale of global food loss and waste is proof of poorly functioning agri-food systems, and reducing it “really matters and can make a difference,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said.
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First post quake assessment in Haiti finds hunger spike in affected areas

Restoring damaged agriculture the only path to recovery, improved food security - FAO
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Acting ahead of crises should become the new normal

In this Q&A, Dunja Dujanovic, FAO's Team Leader for Early Warning Early Action, explains why FAO is calling for anticipatory action to support communities that face increasingly frequent hazards.
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FAO is “working against time” on climate change, Director-General emphasizes

“We are working against time because we need to be more effective, more efficient and more innovative than climate change,” FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said in remarks opening an informal consultation with MemFbers on the development of a new thematic FAO climate change strategy.
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FAO launches practical tools to encourage soil organic carbon sequestration

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu says healthy soils are crucial for sustainable agri-food systems
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FAO launches Global Action on One Country One Priority Product

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched its Global Action on Green Development of Special Agricultural Products: One Country One Priority Product (OCOP).
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FAO at forefront of global efforts to build partnership between agri-food systems and conservation

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses World Conservation Congress in Marseille
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One Health approach and intensified collaboration needed to prevent and respond to pandemics

The world has the opportunity to bolster collective and collaborative methods to prevent future pandemics through a universal, inclusive One Health approach, FAO Director-General said today at the G20 Health Ministers Meeting held in Rome.
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Global food commodity prices rebound in August

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 127.4 points in August, up 3.1 percent from July and 32.9 percent from the same month in 2020.
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