FAO and CIRAD join forces to promote sustainable production of fruit and vegetables

New publication provides an overview of challenges and opportunities for small-scale farmers
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FAO Director-General highlights role of greater investment, polices and innovation to transform agri-food systems

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today urged countries to act with rapidity and resolve in transforming their agri-food systems. He made his remarks on the second day of the G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting, held in Florence, Italy.
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G20 Agriculture Ministers: Agri-food systems are key to reducing inequalities, says FAO Director-General

Leaders of the G20 countries must continue to support the smooth functioning of global agri-food systems, which faces ongoing challenges from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said in remarks opening the G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting in Florence, Italy.
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Voices of the Global South for cooperation towards agrifood systems transformation

Hosted by FAO, this year’s celebration focused on making voices from the Global South heard on their challenges, approaches and plans for agri-food systems transformation.
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New educational itinerary on the Sustainable Development Goals launched at Rome’s G20 Garden

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, and Italian Minister of Education, Patrizio Bianchi, today inaugurated a new educational itinerary on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the G20 Green Garden in Rome.
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FAO ready to follow up on the UN Food System Summit and transform Agri-Food Systems Together

QU Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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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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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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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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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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