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World Food Forum: Strong momentum as Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum opens
17/10/2023
The second Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum began today, intent on quadrupling the more than $3 billion in fresh resources proposed in the inaugural event in 2022 to invest in poverty reduction, improved food security and sus...
Op-ed by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu on the occasion of World Food Day 2023
16/10/2023
This year’s World Food Day celebrates one of the planet’s most precious resources: water. It’s essential to life on Earth. It covers the majority of the planet’s surface, makes up over 50 percent of our bodies, helps keep us fed, supports livelihoods and is central to achieving the 2030 ...
FAO World Food Day photo exhibit in the heart of Brussels highlights work towards water security in Africa
16/10/2023
The exhibition was organized on the oc...
World Food Day: Global ceremony highlights water’s role against troubled backdrop
16/10/2023
The global ceremony marking this year’s World Food Day 2023 took place here today, against a backdrop of increasing world hunger and conflicts. In parti...
Water is life. Water is Food. Leave no one behind. World Food Day 2023 commemoration in Brussels
16/10/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels marked World Food Day together with partners, colleagues and friends of FAO on 16 October during a commemoration that took place in the Royal Museum of Natural History in Brussels.
With the participation of more than 110 guests, and with colleagues conn...
On World Food Day, a discussion on the global fight against hunger at the Belgian Federal Parliament
16/10/2023
First-ever global estimation of the impact of disasters on agriculture
13/10/2023
Over the last 30 years, an estimated $3.8 trillion worth of crops and livestock production has been lost due to disaster events, corresponding to an average loss of $123 billion per year or 5 percent of annual global agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), according to
Blue Transformation gains momentum. FAO Assistant Director-General visits Brussels
10/10/2023
Blue transformation outlines a vision to expand aquatic food systems and increase their contribution to nutritious and affordable healthy diets. Leaving no one behind. This was one of the main messages conveyed to FAO’s partners by Manuel Barange, FAO Assistant Director-General and Director of...
City and local efforts against food loss and food waste debated at event in Valencia
03/10/2023
The City of Valencia hosted productive dialogue on “Urban public policies against food loss and waste” during a conference co-organized b...
World Food Day 2023, ‘’Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind’’
30/09/2023
At this year’s World Food Day, and with the support of numerous national entities, organizations, comp...
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2023- For the People! For the Planet!
29/09/2023
Swedish Presidency Highlights Importance of FAO-EU Partnership for Sustainable Food Future
27/09/2023
During the first semester of 2023, FAO and the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council demonstrated an excellent collaboration through joint events and actions that highlighted the strength of the FAO-EU partnership.
FAO contributed to different sessions of EU Council Working Parties led by...
FAO at UNGA78 and SDG Summit
18/09/2023
The world will come together around the theme ‘Rebuilding trust and...
Multiple shocks keep pushing world further away from development targets
15/09/2023
FAO engagements in Brussels September 2023: engaging with partners and sharing expertise
08/09/2023
The Director of FAO's Office of Statistics, José Alejandro Rosero Moncayo, participated at a public hearing on “Sustainable agriculture: past, present and future – the role of data and indicators’’, organised by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural development and the Committee on Environmen...
FAO at the Belgian SDG Forum
07/09/2023
On 19 October, this year’s edition of the Belgian SDG Forum will take place in Brussels.
It is the first multistakeholder forum dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 in the Benelux. Initia...
FAO Emergency and Resilience Director addresses Council of the EU on anticipatory actions
06/09/2023
Upon invitation by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, FAO’s Director for Emergencies and Resilience Rein Paulsen presented the critical situation of global food insecurity and FAO's work on anticipatory action (AA) to the Working Party on Humanitarian Aid and Food Aid (COHAFA).