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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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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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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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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FAO calls for renewed digital push in Small Island Developing States battered by COVID-19

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today called on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to promote innovation and digitalization to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Drought threatens the livelihoods of 7 million farmers in Afghanistan

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for humanitarian assistance to be scaled up as Afghanistan continues to be hit hard by an ever-worsening drought that threatens the livelihoods of more than 7 million people who rely on agriculture or livestock.
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Make every drop of water count

As the total amount of freshwater on Earth is fixed and cannot be changed, food production and some of the world’s largest cities face serious risks, making efficient and effective allocation of paramount importance, according to two new reports from FAO.
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