The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today encouraged African leaders to engage universities and young people in the much needed agri-food systems transformation on the continent.
Increased investment in agriculture and agri-food systems has the potential to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges, but to generate long-term, sustainable benefits, these investments must be responsible, says a new guide.
Increased investment in agriculture and agri-food systems has the potential to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges, but to generate long-term, sustainable benefits, these investments must be responsible, says a new guide.
Speech by Dr. QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General Joint Meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Development Ministers Under the G20 Presidency of the Republic of Italy
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today urged Foreign Affairs and Development Ministers of G20 countries to make more investments in rural areas and double down on actions to eradicate hunger and poverty.
Despite an unprecedented and challenging year marked by the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the FAO Investment Centre’s work to support sustainable investment in food and agriculture continued apace in 2020.
FAO and IAEA today opened the International Symposium on Sustainable Animal Production and Health
FAO and partners released today a new study identifying hundreds of diverse plant and animal species that Indigenous Peoples around the world depend on and care for to generate food sustainably and enhance biodiversity – and warning of increasing threats to these sophisticated food systems.
FAO and partners released today a new study identifying hundreds of diverse plant and animal species that Indigenous Peoples around the world depend on and care for to generate food sustainably and enhance biodiversity – and warning of increasing threats to these sophisticated food systems.