More than 200 parliamentarians (including six Members of the European Parliament), 15 presidents and vice-presidents of national and regional parliaments and parliamentary bodies from 64 countries participated at the Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition that took ...

FAO’s Food Systems and Food Safety Division Director Corinna Hawkes visited Brussels for a round of meetings and to participate at a side-event titled “Urban food policies for a sustainable and just future” at the Br...

12 June is the World Day against Child Labor, and this year’s official FAO commemoration took place in Brussels.

With the support of ILO, FAO organized an FAO Brussels Briefing on the occasion with a number of partners and actors from governments, civil society and academia. The event t...

During his mission to Brussels, FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero attended the Council Working Party on Development and International Partnerships (CODEV-PI) to present the global food security situation in a Session that also saw presentations by IFAD, the SUN Movement and WFP.

In his p...

Jhon Puse Arroyo has spent his life as a traditional red crab harvester in the Tumbes National Mangrove Sanctuary, which stretches for close to 3 000 hectares along the Peruvian coast near the border with Ecuador.

“I learned this profession from my father, who gained his livelihood in th...

Agrifood systems are a major employer of both women and men. Globally, 36 percent of working women are employed in agrifood systems, along with 38 percent of working men, reveals The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems report

Unlocking the full potential of forest-based bioeconomy to contribute to more sustainable economies and societies in Europe and beyond was the main theme of an FAO Brussels Briefing organized with the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The event follows previous engagemen...

We need to talk about plastics. Plastic products have become a convenient tool in many areas of life, and agriculture is no different. Plastics are used for everything from seedling trays and irrigation tubing to pesticide containers and livestock feed bags. However, their proliferation has led t...

With the focus on FAO’s efforts to support efforts in achieving both Sustainable Development Goal 2 and the 1.5 degree climate goal, FAO Chief Economist Maximo Torero intervened at an event organized by the Slovenian Mission to the EU with the title “Food systems and SDGs: National pathways an...

During a short one-day visit, the Chief Scientist held a roundtable on the role of science and innovation in achieving a fundamental transformation on agrifood system  and participated at the  2023 EU AgriResearch Conference, where she delivered a keynote speech.

The Roundtabl...

Thank you for granting us this interview. You are the Inspector General of FAO. What does this role entail?  

In 1950 FAO created an internal audit unit, which eventually became the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the late 1990s.  Today, the work...

Women play a vital role in our agrifood systems: as farmers, retailers, wage workers, entrepreneurs, and beyond. But their working conditions and economic opportunities are influenced by gender inequalities within the household, the community, the institutions, and the broader society.

T...

Senior Animal Production Officer at FAO, Badi Besbes delivered a keynote speech on sustainable food systems and animal farming at the Annual General Meeting of the European Forum of Animal Farm Animal Breeders (EFFAB) and the Farm Animal Breeding and Reproduction Technology Platform (FABRE TP).&n...

Acute food insecurity is set to potentially increase in magnitude and s...

Upon invitation by the African Union (AU) Representation to the EU, FAO Brussels took part in commemorating Africa Day.

The Day was marked with a number of activities, including information sessions and seminars. FAO Brussels intervened during a seminar with the title “Acceleration of t...

Upon invitation by the Directorate General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FAO presented at a meeting of the “Plateforme Agricole et de Sécurité Alimentaire (PASA)”. The platform brings together Belgian stakeholders and practitioners sp...

On 24 May, FAO organized a webinar titled "How can the European Green Deal drive sustainability in the tropical fruit sector?" The event was held in collaboration with the European Commission and the Committee Linking Entrepreneurship Agriculture Development (COLEAD)

The webinar sh...

Vincent Martin, FAO’s newly appointed Director for the Office of Innovation (OIN) visited Brussels. He attended the “Global Conference on Sustainability in Agriculture & Food Systems – Innovation, Indicators & Implementation” which was organized by the nonpartisan think-thank Re-Imagin...