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FAO - News Article: Innovation to counter food supply-chain disruptions and spur recovery

Innovation to counter food supply-chain disruptions and spur recovery
At Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin, FAO Director-General appeals for a creative and integrated approach to agri-food systems to drive recovery from COVID-19 and achieve a sustainable world
19 January, 2021, Rome/Berlin - Innovative solutions in agri-food systems helped households and countries contain disruptions in food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more will be required to build back better and build back greener , FAO s Director-General QU Dongyu said today.
Innovation occurs on the technology frontier but also in policy making and business models, he emphasized while speaking at a virtual high-level panel on how to help strengthen the sustainability of food systems and prevent future pandemics. ....

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Innovation to counter food supply-chain disruptions and spur recovery

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Innovation to counter food supply-chain disruptions and spur recovery
19 January, 2021, Rome/Berlin – Innovative solutions in agri-food systems helped households and countries contain disruptions in food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more will be required to “build back better and build back greener”, FAO’s Director-General QU Dongyu said today.
Innovation occurs on the technology frontier but also in policy making and business models, he emphasized while speaking at a virtual high-level panel on how to help strengthen the sustainability of food systems and prevent future pandemics.
The event was organized by FAO as part of the week-long Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin. Other participants included Julia Klöckner, Germany’s Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Thoko Didiza, South Africa’s Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Jamshid Khodjaev, Uzbekistan’s Agriculture Minist ....

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2020: A year of global engagement to help build a better world | Director General | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses the G20 Leaders Summit hosted virtually by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ©FAO.
31 December 2020, Rome – A testing year by any measure, 2020 risked derailing much of the agenda of any organization built on institutional engagement. Instead, it has turbo-charged the collaborative drive of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and increased its global footprint.
Probably as never before in its 75-year history, FAO has had to act as driver and convener through a global crisis that threatened to tip the world’s agri-food systems into chaos. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the restrictions and measures associated with it, threw into sharp relief the fragility of millions of livelihoods, both rural and urban, and the precarious position of many unsung farm hands, smallholders and informal market traders. ....

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The Digital Agriculture Forum 2020, an inspiration to create business with real impact for people with real needs

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11.12.2020
The Digital Agriculture Forum 2020, an inspiration to create business with real impact for people with real needs
Aiming to foster an enabling ecosystem to accelerate the digital transformation of agri-food systems through leveraging on innovative business models and digital solutions and enhancing knowledge exchanges in digital agriculture policies and practices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Zhejiang University co-organized the Digital Agriculture Forum on 5-6 December 2020.
Over 30 international leaders and distinguished speakers delivered speeches and presentations, including Ms Beth Bechdol, FAO Deputy Director-General; Ms Ismahane Elouafi, FAO Chief Scientist; Mr Dejan Jakovljevic, FAO IT Services Director; Mr Ye Anping, FAO South-South and Triangular Cooperation Division Director; Mr Zhao Chunjiang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Mr Wang Xiaobing, Director-General of Information ....

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