Collective action across 150 countries worldwide is what makes World Food Day one of the most celebrated UN days of the UN calendar. Hundreds of events and outreach activities bring...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is at the forefront of global efforts to promote bioeconomy innovations and make our agrifood systems more sustainable, Director-General QU...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu will participate in the High-level Opening of the Bioeconomy Conference ‘The Bioeconomy - Enabling the European Green Deal in Challenging Times’ organized by the European Commission. The...

The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels and the FAO Office of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took part in the Belgium SDG Forum, a multi-stakeholder event staged by 18 partner...

Deputy Director of the FAO Forestry Division Ewald Rametsteiner participated at a meeting of the Sub-Committee on Sustainable Development of the Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). In his...

Viorel, you are the Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia. Could you tell us a bit more about the region, your role and your responsibilities?  Indeed, the FAO Subregional Office covers five...

Jørgen Mærsk Pedersen, the former Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels passed away over the summer. While paying due respect to our former colleague through this article, it...

What is the role of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) and what does it do exactly? The GFCM is the tool that FAO puts at the disposal of...

The European Research and Innovation Days are the European Commission’s annual flagship event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate Europe’s innovation agenda and reflect on the...

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) remain strongly affected by climate change, natural disasters and other external shocks including the COVID-19 pandemic. The fisheries sector is of particular importance for the SIDS...

The collaboration between FAO and the incoming Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU, set to start on 1 January 2023, was the focus of a meeting between FAO...

Digitalization has great potential to drive progress towards an inclusive future for the world’s smallholder farmers, and can help galvanize greater productivity and sustainability of agrifood systems, as well as...

FAO Director for Animal Production and Health, Thanawat Tiensin visited Brussels to represent FAO at a High-level Ministerial Meeting on African Swine Fever organized by the European Commission and the...

An even stronger partnership between FAO and the Organisation of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is crucial for the efforts of both entities towards global agrifood systems transformation.  This...

FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji participated in a roundtable discussion organized by the European Strategic Initiative in Brussels. The event assessed ways to strengthen the resilience of African agriculture in...

The WFF Annual Meeting is the culmination of all the activities of the year, including policy and scientific discussions (Youth Assembly*), innovation awards (finals of the Transformative Research Challenge, including...

Brussels famous InfoPoints continue! And FAO was happy to join DG INTPA in organizing a hybrid Infopoint with participants on-site in Brussels and connected online from around the globe. FAO Türkiye,...

The Government of Flanders (Belgium) has just contributed EUR 3 million with the signing of a new agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to bolster the...

Kent Nnadozie, Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and Ewald Rametsteiner, Deputy Director of the FAO Forestry Division, briefed the Council of...

Strong evidence of links between crop production and the soil microbiome and impacts on climate, environment and human health There are few sectors within the bioeconomy that are more exciting than...