The Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosted a cocktail reception to celebrate World Food Day, gathering friends, partners, and representatives from European Union institutions and Member States.  

World Food Day was first proposed by Hungary ...

Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, recently paid a visit to Namur to hold discussions with members of the Belgian Regional Government of Wallonia. The meetings provided an excellent opportunity to exchange on matters of mutual interest with a common object...

On the occasion of World Food Day, the Nutrition Research Facility. co-organized a webinar with the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels on the topic of “Validating the Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) indicator across population groups”. The Nutrition Research Facility, established by Agri...

FAO’s Deputy Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, Piedad Martin, was invited by the European Economic and Social Committee to exchange on the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).&...

Under the auspices of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU in Brussels hosted a workshop titled "Making Aquaculture a Vital Part of the European Sustainable Food System". The event featured speakers from the ...

On 14 October, FAO Brussels and FAO Geneva co-organized a World Food Forum Side Event with the title Women and Girls Empowerment – Leading the Change Towards Agrifood Systems Transformation. The event shed light on persistent barriers and challenges that women and girls still face nowaday...

Augustina Akosua Asor Tufuor’s entrepreneurial spark was ignited while she was a student at the University of Ghana Business School and enrolled in a course on business management. The same year, she met a group of rural farmers and saw the vast potential for local agricultural products, ...

On Friday, 11 October 2024, the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels had the pleasure of welcoming the UN Assistant  Secretary-General (ASG) for Youth Affairs, Felipe Paullier at its premises.  

The ASG met with the FAO Brussels team and exchanged on how to best ...

As a part of the long-standing collaboration between FAO and Belgian academic institutions, the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels was pleased to welcome a group of students from the University of Liège. 

Engaged in a course on food value chain analysis taught by Profess...

9 October, Brussels/Geneva/New York/Rome  - The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva and New York together with FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment and the Land and Water Division held a briefing on the upcoming three Conferences of the Parties to the Rio Conve...