FAO Assistant Director-General Maurizio Martina visited Brussels to meet key partners of FAO at the European Union institutions. He held talks with senior officials at the European Parliament, the European...

Maia Diagne’s eyes fill with emotion as she describes the lifelong bond she feels with the water lilies that grew in large quantities in her part of Senegal. "I was born in the middle of the water lilies, in a pirogue [a small boat] while my mother was on her way to the Djoudj National Bird Pa...

The FAO Expert meeting on Insect as Animal Feed took place at the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels. The meeting was attended by experts and resource partners, academics and private...

Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels Raschad Al-Khafaji was invited by the University of Antwerp to give a presentation on the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031 and the work...

The interlinkages between food security, food packaging and the role that the latter plays in reducing food waste were some of the key messages delivered by FAO Brussels Director Raschad...

FAO Director of the Health and Nutrition Division Lynnette Neufeld, was invited to speak at the event “Harmonized Front of Pack Labelling and its Impact on Sustainable Food Systems” organised...

Wetlands serve many ecosystem functions that can be observed from different disciplinary perspectives. Over the years, a growing literature on wetlands conservation has discussed the diverse impacts suffered by these...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched seeds into space today as they intensify their joint efforts to develop...

The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), CGIAR and The Rockefeller Foundation announced today that they will host the official Food and Agriculture Pavilion at the 2022 United Nations...

Agricultural automation, which includes anything from tractors to artificial intelligence, can play an important role in making food production more efficient and more environmentally friendly. However, its uneven adoption can...

Camilla, thank you so much for accepting to do this interview. You are the Director of the UN in Brussels since September 2021. Could you tell us a bit more...

 On 29 and 30 October, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, visited Austria, where he had a bilateral meeting with Norbert Totschnig, Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management...

During a three-day visit to Brussels, Lynnette Neufeld, Director of the FAO Food and Nutrition Division, had meetings with a range of EU stakeholders active in the field of nutrition...

FAO Brussels was invited to contribute to an online Webinar SONY Europe organized for its employees to exchange on issues of food security, food loss and waste as well as...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) flagship programme of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) today celebrated its 20th anniversary, highlighting its role in promoting sustainable...

Lauren Phillips, Deputy Director of the FAO Division for Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality, travelled to Brussels for a three-day mission. She met a number of stakeholders from the...

Fish provides more than 4.5 billion people around the world with a critical share of their daily protein requirements. For many, it’s an essential daily meal key for nutrition, health...

Rural areas bear the greatest burden related to forced displacement, both of in terms of outmigration and hosting large numbers of incomers, highlighted today the Director-General of the Food and...

Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels Raschad Al-Khafaji, was invited to speak at the 6th edition of the African Diaspora Agrofood Forum, organized by The Food Bridge and...

The European Union’s European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is preparing an own-initiative opinion on Food price crisis: the role of speculation and concrete proposals for action in the aftermath...