The FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP) has just been selected as one of the top 20 projects competing in the 8th edition of the prestigious 

Following the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is scaling up its emergency response to support rural communities whose livelihoods have been severely affected or destroyed.

Over 3.7 million hectares ...

A range of pressures including rapid population growth, urbanization, growing wealth, and consequent changes in consumption patterns, are challenging our agrifood systems’ ability to provide nutritious food, and to contribute to enhanced livelihood opportunities in an environmentally sustainab...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today urged FAO Members to turn global challenges into opportunities to accelerate the transformation of global agrifood systems as he opened the 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today celebrated the 30th anniversary of AQUASTAT, the leading source of global water and agriculture data, during a high-level hybrid event at FAO Head...

Strengthening transformative partnerships is central to FAO’s vision of building more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems—a message reinforced during a fruitful exchange between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Benelux Unio...

If the people of Europe and Central Asia are to have food on their plates, they must have water security. Moreover, water security is a catalyst for transforming the food and agriculture sectors of the region to become more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. Therefore, susta...

The Permanent Representation of Türkiye to the European Union (EU) hosted an event to celebrate the International Day of Zero Waste, occasion to address the urgent issue of waste and its wide-ranging implications. The session started with introductory remarks from Ambassador Faruk Kaymakci, Pe...

Financing designed to make our agrifood systems more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient, and more sustainable can help prevent and mitigate food crises and ensure that much-needed help reaches the world’s poorest, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ...

At the Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) in Brussels, Viorel Gutu, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, underscored the importance of a systemic and inclusive approach to global food security, fully aligned with FAO’s Strategic Framewo...

The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, and New York in collaboration with the FAO Office of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), and FAO’s Statistics Division (ESS), organized the eighth edition of the SIDS ...

A new study led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and research partners highlights that improving livestock productivity is key to achieving substantial reductions...

Boao, China – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu set out a multi-layered vision for the transformation of agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable as he addressed the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025 on the last day of an ...

Joint FAO/WFP news release

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that 

Stefanos Fotiou, Director of FAO’s Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Director of the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) Coordination Hub, made a two-day visit to Brussels to brief European Union (EU) stakeholders on the latest developments and strategic objectives of the upcoming 2nd UN ...

The European Dairy Association (EDA) hosted its annual Dairy Policy Conference in Brussels under the theme “Nourishing a Sustainable Future, Nurturing Innovation.” The event brought together over 150 parti...