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19/11/2025

The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, together with the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme, European Commission’s DG INTPA, and the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), hosted an information session for OACPS Permanent Missions in Brussels that are par...

18/11/2025

Developing countries recognize the urgent need to adapt agrifood systems to climate change, but most National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) are struggling to address key risks or protect vulnerable groups due to severe financing and capacity gaps, according to a landmark report released on Tuesday b...

18/11/2025

For the second year in a row, the Students4Food Talks took place in Belgium.  This year’s edition was organized by the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels in collaboration with Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) under the World Food Forum 2025 theme “Hand in Hand for Better Food...

15/11/2025

The UK Government today announced long-term funding of GBP 16.9 million for the Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ...

14/11/2025

At SDG-Forum 2025 in Brussels, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a side event on “Scaling Impact – Incubation Strategies to Unlock the Potential of MSMEs and Advance the SDGs.” The session highlighted how agribusiness incubation can help micro, small and ...

14/11/2025

Disasters have inflicted an estimated $3.26 trillion in agricultural losses worldwide over the past 33 years – an average of $99 billion annually, roughly 4 percent of global agricultural GDP – according to a new report by the Food and A...

13/11/2025

Current conditions point to broad-based increases in global food commodity production, alongside strong consumption growth and a recovery in inventories, although weather variability and a clouded trade outlook could pose risks, according to a new 

12/11/2025

Following an invitation by the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, FAO presented the latest findings of the Global Network Against Food Crisis (GNAFC) to the Council of the EU Working Party on H...

11/11/2025

Privately-owned micro, small and medium agrifood enterprises (MSMEs) in sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Türkiye seeking loans from local financial institutions stand to benefit from TERRA, a new innovative programme from Italy’s Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), the Food and Agriculture Or...

11/11/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Ukraine, with the financial support of the European Union (EU) and in partnership with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the&...

11/11/2025

new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warns that acute food insecurity is deepening in 16 hunger hotspots, whi...

10/11/2025

The 48th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC48) opened today at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nat...

10/11/2025

The 48th Codex Alimentarius Commission (10–14 November) is just round the corner.  

The Commission meets on a yearly basi...

07/11/2025

Transforming global agrifood systems to be more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable is critical to meeting the Paris Agreement targets on climate change. Yet, the persistent...

07/11/2025
World food commodity prices generally declined in October, driven largely by ample global supplies, according to the benchmark measure released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organizatio...
06/11/2025

The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), taking place in Belém, Brazil, brings together world leaders, scientists, non-governmental organizations, and civil society to define urgent actions against climate change....

05/11/2025

This week, a series of events takes place in Brussels to celebrate the start of EU-Ghana FLEGT licensing since 8 October, marking a major milestone in international forest governance.  

The Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the EU and Ghana is an international timbe...

04/11/2025

When climate shocks disrupt agrifood systems, the impact goes beyond economics. Food security, nutrition, and livelihoods are all at stake. That’s why climate and environmental financing is not optional; it is essential. It is the lifeline that enables Small Island Developing States (SIDS...

03/11/2025

Approximately 1.7 billion people live in areas where crop yields are falling because of human-induced land degradation - a pervasive and silent crisis that is undermining agricultural productivity and threatening ecosystem health worldwide.

The alarming figure comes f...