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Science - policy interface: Inland fisheries and aquaculture advice for FAO members in Europe
20/03/2023
FAO’s European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) held an international symposium on “Inland Fisheries and aquaculture: advances in technology, stock assessment and citizen science in an era of climate change” in Ireland in June 2022. The proceedings of the symp...
Proceedings of the EIFAAC symposium on inland fisheries and aquaculture: advances in technology, stock assessment and citizen science in an era of climate change
20/03/2023
The international symposium on “Inland Fisheries and aquaculture: advances in technology, stock assessment and citizen science in an era of climate change” was organized in conjunction with the thirty-first session of the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission in Killarney,...
Green Climate Fund approves USD 39.2 million project with FAO and Philippine government to boost climate resilience and improve livelihoods
15/03/2023
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a Philippine funding proposal on “Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change” at its 35th Board Meeting held in Songdo, Incheon in the Republic of Korea.
Under USD 39.2 million, seven-year initiative, the Food and Agri...
Introducing students to FAO at the JAGROS day in Gembloux
15/03/2023
FAO Brussels participated at this year's edition of the JAGROS day held at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (GxABT), a faculty of the University of Liège. In two workshops, Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director of the Liaison Office in Brussels, presented FAO’s mandate, strategic framework and main initiatives.<...
African, Caribbean and Pacific countries ready to show the true potential of their fisheries and aquaculture sectors
14/03/2023
One of the major fisheries and aquaculture development programs implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has highlighted considerable potential for enhancing these sectors in Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, the United Republic of Tanzania, Guyana and the Marshall I...
New UN report focuses on food security and nutrition in Europe and Central Asia, points way towards more affordable and sustainable diets
14/03/2023
In Europe and Central Asia, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of the war in Ukraine put food security and healthy nutrition under enormous pressure. Food prices peaked, posing a challenge for decision makers to ensure that no one is left behind.
Develope...
FAO Brussels Director meets the Ambassador of the Solomon Islands
10/03/2023
On the occasion of the Pacific Week of Agriculture in Fiji, held from 6-10 March 2023, with this year had the theme "Growing Together: Transforming Pacific Agriculture and Forestry”, FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji paid a courtesy visit to H.E. Ambassador Moses Kouni Mose o...
FAO’s Green Cities Initiative as a pathway for agrifood systems transformation presented to EU stakeholders
10/03/2023
FAO Brussels presented the Green Cities Initiative during a dedicated FAO Brussels Briefing this month. The Initiative launched in 2020 aims at improving the livelihoods and well-be...
To transform agrifood systems, we must implement climate change and biodiversity agendas in tandem
09/03/2023
In a briefing to FAO Members and partners based in Brussels, Geneva and New York, FAO di...
International Women’s Day 2023 - DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality
08/03/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels and the FAO Regional Office for Africa celebrated jointly this year’s International Women’s Da...
International Women’s Day 2023: Bridging the digital gender divide is essential for unleashing women’s potential in rural areas, say UN food and agriculture agencies
08/03/2023
FAO-IFAD-WFP push to enhance rural women and girls’ digital capabilities and tackle the barriers they face to access technology to be equal contributors to our agrifood systems.
Summary of the Rome Water Dialogue report now available!
02/03/2023
Water is central to agriculture that accounts for 72 percent of global freshwater withdrawals, to other economic sectors and is core to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. While...
Coming up: FAO at the European Humanitarian Forum 2023 on 20-21 March
01/03/2023
The second edition of the European Humanitarian Forum is taking place in Brussels on 20-21 March 2023. The Forum is bringing together policymakers and international humanitarian partners to discuss humanitarian policy and strategy,...
FAO Office Ukraine updates the European Parliament’s AGRI Committee on its activities
28/02/2023
The impacts of the war in Ukraine have severely disrupted the country’s agricultural production and food exports, jeopardizing both local and global food security.
Upon invitation by the Committee on Agriculture...
Interview with Chief of FAO Development Law Service, Blaise Kuemlangan
27/02/2023
Blaise you are Chief of the Development Law service at FAO. But I suspect you don’t really do typical lawyer work. Can you tell us what exactly your service does?
The...
Water in the center of FAO’s sustainable development efforts
27/02/2023
At the invitation of the Economic and Social Committee (EESC), FAO’s Land and Division Director LI Lifeng participated at a high-level hearing led by the EESC Consultative Commission on Industrial...
FAO and EU launch livestock scholarships for young people in Somalia
23/02/2023
102 students received scholarships to be trained in veterinary medicine and animal husbandry courses in an event held in Mogadishu this week. The initiative allows the scholars to study at...
FAO Brussels Director meets Ambassadors of FAO Member States in Brussels and Paris
22/02/2023
FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji paid a series of courtesy visits to Ambassadors of Member States in Brussels and Paris, during which the potential of a strengthened and fruitful collaboration...
Türkiye-Syria earthquake: farmers are in need of immediate assistance
17/02/2023
As the sheer devastation provoked by the earthquake that hit Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic on 6 February 2023 continues to be revealed, the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
FAO publishes its first Global Assessment of Soil Carbon in Grasslands
14/02/2023
Improving management practices in grasslands— large areas covered with grass, especially used for animal grazing— can boost the capacity of soils as carbon sinks, and help countries reach their climate...