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28/10/2021
 $11.2 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts
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28/10/2021
Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General of FAO, talks about how agri-food systems are part of the solution to the climate crisis ahead of COP26
25/10/2021
UN appeals for urgent assistance as country becomes one of the world’s largest food crises
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22/10/2021
EMPRES-i+ aims to improve intelligence, forecasting and early warning, enabling countries to monitor disease spread and risk of new outbreaks 
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21/10/2021

This was the main message conveyed by FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, at the fifth informal joint meeting of the governing bodies of the three RBAs (FAO Council, IFAD Executive Board and WFP Executive Board)

20/10/2021

FAO Director-General opens Oct. 20-22 Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils

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19/10/2021

FAO Director-General addresses Finance in Common summit in Rome, strengthens ties with Italy’s CDP.

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15/10/2021
Pope Francis joins other leaders with messages for global event paying tribute to Food Heroes
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15/10/2021
Global tea and coffee experts came together today to explore and celebrate the cultural, social, and economic importance of the world’s two most popular beverages including their role in making agri-food systems more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable.
15/10/2021

World Economic Forum founder Karl Schwab delivers keynote address at FAO-hosted World Food Day celebrations.

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12/10/2021

Brussels Dialogue - “From reaction to prevention: anticipatory action against food crises” – highlights efficiency and cost-effectiveness of anticipatory action

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12/10/2021

FAO Director General QU Dongyu at Virtual High-Level Segment (HLS) of the 2020 UN Biodiversity Conference “Ecological Civilization-Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth”

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11/10/2021

Agri-food systems transformation is urgently needed to get back on track towards the goal of eradicating hunger and malnutrition, the 49th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) heard today.

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08/10/2021
FAO has been supporting the role of parliamentarians in the fight against hunger and malnutrition for many years. 

08/10/2021
Transformed and inclusive agri-food systems are needed to end hunger around the world and drive responses to other global challenge such as the climate crisis, FAO Director-General told global private-sector leaders on Friday at the Business 20 summit.
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07/10/2021
World cereal production is expected to lag behind global consumption despite hitting an all-time high.
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06/10/2021
FAO Director-General addresses high-level forum organized by the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Agriculture
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05/10/2021
Experts from FAO, John Hopkins University and GAIN seek rigorous metrics system in piece published by the Food Policy Journal 
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05/10/2021
Youth send out message on food as a basic right at first World Food Forum
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05/10/2021
FAO Director-General spoke at the launch of the WMO-led report “2021 State of Climate Services: Water”