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FAO Brussels at Wagralim’s International Spring School on Food, Nutrition and Innovation
13/05/2025
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels participated at the First International Spring School on Advances in Food, Nutrition and Innovation, co-organized by Wagralim and
Cooperation at all levels and funding “critical” for plant health and food security, FAO says
12/05/2025
Cooperation at all levels, together with effective funding, are critical in the fight against transboundary pests and diseases (TPPDs), which each year destroy up to 40 percent of the world’s crops, Food and Agri...
Protecting plants, protecting life
12/05/2025
Plant health is the foundation of food security and is interconnected with human, animal and environmental health. Healthy plants provide nutrient-rich diets for humans and animals and help promote a balanced ecosystem. Pest-infected plants can trigger a cascade of negative effects on food sup...
Gaza: With famine looming, FAO urges immediate access to save livelihoods and food production
12/05/2025
With the imminent risk of famine, agriculture on the brink of total collapse, and the possible outbreak of deadly epidemics in Gaza, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) calls for immediate restoration of humanitarian access and the lifting of blockades.
The ...
FAO wins prize for geospatial project in Zimbabwe
07/05/2025
FAO won the SDG Custodian Agency Prize at the seventh annual
FAO warns: Enhanced awareness and action needed amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Europe and the Near East
05/05/2025
The recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Europe and the introduction of an exotic virus strain into the Near East underscore the urgent need for early dete...
FAO Assistant Director-General's Brussels visit emphasizes EU-Africa Collaboration on Agrifood Systems Transformation
05/05/2025
As momentum builds toward two pivotal gatherings – the 3rd EU-Africa Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers on 21 May in Brussels, a...
Mariama Airstrip inaugurated as an EU Global Gateway achievement in boosting rural connectivity and opportunity for 19,000+ rural population in the Sepik, Papua New Guinea
29/04/2025
The newly rehabilitated Mariama Airstrip was officially inaugurated yesterday, 28 April 2025, marking a significant step forward in connecting remote communities in the Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. This vital infrastructure project, restored by Papua New Guinea’s Rural Airstrip Age...
Supporting safe innovation: FAO highlights food safety considerations for food supplements and functional or health foods
29/04/2025
Consumers in many countries are increasingly turning to food supplements and functional or health foods as part of their diets, in an effort to support their individual health and well-being, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says.
Desert locust movements in Northwest Africa raise concern amid spring breeding season
29/04/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is urging countries in Northwest Africa to enhance monitoring and initiate early control measures as adult desert locust groups and small swarms - originating from the Sahel - moved into southern Sahara in the Western Region of ...
How digitalization in Serbia protects land rights for future generations
28/04/2025
Intently typing on his mobile phone, Milivoje Ćosić, a smallholder farmer, university professor, and a father of three, throws glances from time to time at a sun-lit lawn where his cows are grazing at a distance. He is standing in front of his house in the Serbian village of Mionica, some 100 ...
FAO Chief Economist Urges Coordinated Action and Innovative Financing at Polish Presidency Events on Food Security
28/04/2025
FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero participated in the Council of the European Union (EU) Working Party on Development Cooperation and International Partnerships (CODEV-PI) Party under the Polish Presidency, alongside representatives from the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Internationa...
In Kyrgyzstan, Director-General plants seedlings, opens photo exhibit and visits agricultural facilities
27/04/2025
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today concluded a four-day official visit to Kyrgyzstan, where he took part in a tree-planting ceremony, opened an exhibition and toured a number of agricultural facilities including family farms after attending a
FAO Director-General: Mountain regions have great potential despite climate, biodiversity, and land degradation threats
24/04/2025
Mountain regions especially in the world’s developing countries face growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, yet mountain communities have great potential for climate-resilient development and work to upgrade mountain products sectors such as organic food,...
Cocoa & Coffee festival: Cameroonian farmers better prepared to adapt to new EU regulation on deforestation
23/04/2025
Partners of the European Union (EU) Sustainable Cocoa Programme (SCP) seized the opportunity of the Cocoa & Coffee festival organized in Yaoundé from 10 to 12 April to raise awareness among Cameroonian cocoa and coffee farmers on how to comply with the requirements of the EU Deforestation ...
FAO launches AIM4NatuRe to improve monitoring of ecosystem restoration
22/04/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today, on Earth Da,y launched Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Nature Restoration (AIM4Na...
FAO launches a $150 million Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan for Ukraine to support war-affected rural communities
17/04/2025
The war in Ukraine continues inflicting pressure on the agricultural sector, making it increasingly difficult for farmers and rural families to continue food production and sustain their livelihoods. In response, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a&...
FAO Brussels at the Nourrir Liège and Campus Festival
16/04/2025
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels participated in two Masterclasses organized by Nourrir Liège and Campus Festival, as part of the
Boost for the global fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
16/04/2025
Efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing have received a boost from the People's Republic of China, the world’s largest capture fisheries producer, which has become the 108th State to ...
Food safety supports tradition and legacy in Georgia’s rural development
15/04/2025
Living amidst grapevines that have been around since the time of his ancestors, it is no wonder Givi Chubinidze became convinced to follow in their footsteps. Here in the green valleys of Georgia’s Imereti region, bordered by the Likhi mountain range, endemic blue and purple grape varieties, s...