Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today. Drug-resistant microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites can spread between and within animal, human, and plant populations and migrate through the environm...

The new United Nations report, Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023, states that 6.5% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean suffers from hunger, or 43.2 million people.  

Although this figure represents a slight improvement of 0.5 percentage points ov...

Two innovative products of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) won prizes at the fifth annual GEO SDG Awards, which recognize institutions, organizations and coun...

From the hamlets where Sperian Kapia and his fellow cocoa farmers live by the massive Sepik River, it takes more than four hours by boat and truck through the rugged, dense rainforest of the Pacific Island state of Papua New Guinea to get to Wewak, the nearest town of about 25 000 people.

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Our current agrifood systems impose huge hidden costs on our health, the environment and society, equivalent to at least $10 trillion a year, according to a ground-breaking analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), covering 154 countries. This represents al...

The month of October saw a series of FAO experts participate in events in Brussels, covering a wide range of topics. These included:

Benjamin Davis, FAO Director of the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, participated virtually at the European Parliament's Commit...

Must we choose between food security and climate neutrality? How do we make sure food imports are safe? How do low-income countries move up the food value chain?

FAO’s corporate brochures not only answer such questions but correlate them with broader subjects – the bioeconomy, say, or gl...

The third annual World Food Forum flagship event hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has drawn to a successful close, with attendees from across the world celebrating a ...

The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels joined the 7th African Diaspora Agrifood Forum 2023, organized by The Food Bridge. The theme of this year's event was: From Local to Global; strategizing for growth Agrifood entrepreneurship...

The second edition of the Science and Innovation Forum, a key constituent of the annual flagship World Food Forum, closed here on Fri...

FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji highlighted the importance of a systemic approach and FAO’s extensive work of two decades in promoting healthy school meals at the inaugural School Meals Coalition Global Summit held in Paris, France on 18 and 19 October. 

The Summit, attende...

With only seven agricultural seasons left before 2030, time is running out. If we want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we must act together and act decisively, now.
In the framework of FAO’s privileged partnership with Belgium, FAO Brussels Director Raschad 
Al-Khafaji...

FAO Brussels  participated and moderated an academic seminar organized by UC Louvain on the occasion of World Food Day 2023.

FAO Brussels welcomed the participants together with Marnik Vanclooster, Head of the Earth and Life Institute at UCLouvain and UNESCO's Europe Director Louise...

The Aquarama Trade Fair and Conference on Water Technology, which took place in Leuven on 19 October, had about 1250 visitors visit 127 exhibitors presenting the latest in water technologies.

The Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Brussels Liaison Office, Raschad Al-Khaf...

Some of them create delicious foods or vibrant gardens, some raise people’s awareness of the crucial issues we face through their advocacy or through sport or music. Special guests, including Food Heroes, influencers and innovators gathered at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organ...