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22/04/2024

Lifeng LI, FAO Director of the Land and Water Division, joined a hearing hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on the pressing topic of water politics and their implications for the empowerment of youth, women, indigenous, and local communities. LI’s intervention foc...

21/04/2024

Mohamed Manssouri, Director of FAO Investment Centre, participated at the World Cocoa Conference 2024 held in Brussels, Belgium, from 21 to 24 April, where he shared his v...

18/04/2024

Brussels, 18-19 April – Cameroon’s Cocoa and Coffee Interprofessional Council (CICC), FAO and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), organized a two-day workshop in Brussels on the theme of Agroforestry systems in Cameroon and around the world: what...

17/04/2024

Ghent, 17 April - The need to expand partnerships to foster healthier diets and better global nutrition was the main message of an event jointly organized by FAO Brussels, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and Ghent University, at the Ghent University Museum.&nb...

16/04/2024

16 and 17 April 2024, Brussels |In a two-day visit to Brussels, FAO Deputy Director-General Maurizio Martina met FAO partners and engaged in conversations to enhance collaboration aimed at fostering transformative initiatives also in preparation for the Thirty-fourth session of the FAO Re...

15/04/2024

As the world prepares to celebrate the first-ever International Day of Potato next month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is shining a spotlight on the enormous importance of this crop that feeds billions of us and on the further potential to be tapped. 

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15/04/2024

Brussels, 15 April – The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU), supported by the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, organized a pre-consultation with private sector representatives in Brussels ahead of the Forty-fourth session of the

11/04/2024

What does the ideal aquatic food system look like?

For starters, it would be able to provide sufficient aquatic food for our growing population in a sustainable way. It would contribute to improving the rights and incomes of communities that are dependent on fisheries and aquaculture and...

10/04/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

09/04/2024

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) QU Dongyu today called for urgent collective action and increased funding to eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) during a meeting organized at FAO headquarters by the Friends of PPR group formed by...

09/04/2024

Brussels, Geneva, New York and Rome, 9 April 2024 – The sixth edition of the FAO SIDS Solutions Dialogue focused on agricultural trade trends, challenges, and opportunities specific to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The hybrid event held in Geneva explored the role of trade in tra...

05/04/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is delivering 150 tonnes, out of a total of 1500 tonnes, of animal fodder to 2 450 livestock-keeping households in the Gaza Strip to safeguard surviving animals and support local production of fresh nutritious food like mil...

04/04/2024

The interdependence of health between people, animals, plants and the environment is undeniable.

The One Health approach recognizes this intricate web of life. Designed to balan...

03/04/2024
Check out FAO responses to the ongoing crisis and their impact on global food security: Data analyses, policy recommendations, and actions on the ground.
02/04/2024

Anssi Pekkarinen, Senior Forestry Officer and Team Leader of Global Forest Resources Assessment of FAO’s Forestry Division participated virtually in a roundtable discussion on the European Union’...

28/03/2024
Food loss and waste reduction should be seen as a means towards achieving other objectives, including improving food security and nutrition, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering pressure on water and land resources, which contribute towards increased productivity and economic growth. Th...
27/03/2024
27 March 2024 – Vincent Martin, Director of FAO’s Office of Innovation, visited Brussels to present FAO’s work on innovation at the Council Working Party on International Food and Agricultural Questions (AGRIFAO) and to interact with key stakeholders in the European Commission. 

Marti...
26/03/2024

With the title “Restoring the opportunity for food systems transformation”, the 2024 edition of the Annual Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) took place in Brussels 26-27 March. The Forum for the Future of Agriculture is an annual gathering that has been held in Brussels since 2008...

26/03/2024

We cannot allow the global food security situation to continue to worsen and must act urgently to address the availability, accessibility and affordability of food, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today in remarks at the ope...

25/03/2024

The escalation of the Red Sea crisis is poised to accelerate the increase in shipping costs, delay the delivery of essential food or lead to a complete suspension of trade routes and closure of Yemeni ports, a new