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FAO celebrates Chinese Lunar New Year with focus on transformation and call for global solidarity
23/01/2025
Rome– FAO Director-General QU Dongyu led the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year at the organization's headquarters in Rome today, marking the beginning of the Year of the Snake. The event carried special significance this year as it coincides with FAO’s 80th anniversary, prompting reflections on past achievements and future aspirations.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Paulo Rangel, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Portugal
23/01/2025
Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met with H.E. Paulo Rangel, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Portugal at the FAO headquarters in Rome.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Ricardo Cabrisas, Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba
21/01/2025
Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met H.E. Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Vice Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba, at FAO headquarters in Rome.
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Karmenu Vella, Special Envoy to the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Tourism of the Republic of Malta
13/01/2025
Rome - The FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu, met today with H.E. Karmenu Vella, Special Envoy to the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Tourism of the Republic of Malta at FAO headquarters in Rome.
FAO Director-General visits China, reaffirming the importance of partnerships on Science and Innovation
08/01/2025
China - QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today wrapped up his visit to China, during which he visited farms with innovative agricultural practices, agriculture enterprises, as well as key research institutions, with the objective of strengthening partnerships and support knowledge sharing and exchanges with FAO Members to support the transformation of agrifood systems and ensure the Four Betters – better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.
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Reflecting on history, the present and a future even more fit for purpose as FAO 80th anniversary nears
19/12/2024

Rome - The approaching 80th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) marks a time both to reflect on its history, its dynamic present and to look to the future and how to make FAO even more fit for purpose, Director-General QU Dongyu said today as he opened the Organization’s sixth Employee Recognition Awards ceremony.

Bilateral meeting with Ms Livija Pavićević, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia
16/12/2024
Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Ms Livija Pavićević, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia, met at FAO headquarters in Rome to discuss ways to further foster collaboration between FAO and Serbia.
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Director-General visits Thailand’s first GIAHS where buffaloes and humans shape the ecosystem
11/12/2024

Thale Noi, Thailand - Director-General QU Dongyu today visited the Thale Noi Wetland Buffalo Pastoral Agro-Eco-System in southern Thailand, the first site in the country to be designated as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS). Recognized under the FAO programme in 2022, it is a place where communities have found balance between livelihoods and taking care of the environment.

Bilateral meeting with The Honourable John Salong, Minister for Climate Change, Adaptation, Meteorology and Geo Hazards, Energy, Environment and Disaster Management of Vanuatu
10/12/2024
Bangkok – The FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with The Honourable John Salong, Minister for Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology and Geo Hazards, Energy, Environment and Disaster Management of Vanuatu, on the margins of the International Soil and Water Forum 2024. 
Director-General urges heads of FAO country offices to take collective action to the next level
10/12/2024
Bangkok – For the second year running, FAO has signaled its commitment to putting the needs of countries and regions front and center in the collective effort to steer the planet’s agrifood systems onto a more productive and sustainable pathway.
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