The Chair of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Ambassador Gabriel Ferrero y de Loma-Osorio of Spainas visited Brussels for a two-day mission. He briefed the European Parliament Committee...

What is the real value of food? What are the challenges for making food more sustainable in the future? What are the true food price mechanisms and what is the...

Halting deforestation is essential for ending hunger, addressing the climate crisis and ensuring the livelihoods of rural and indigenous communities, while sustaining wildlife and biodiversity. This requires a combination of...

by Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Over the past two years, COVID-19 has presented many challenges to global food security. Today,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is rapidly scaling up its efforts to respond to urgent food security needs resulting from the unfolding war in Ukraine,...

The FAO Liaison Office Brussels celebrated International Women’s Day with calls to the global community to focus on removing barriers that hold back women’s contribution to food security. This year’s...

Tourism in rural areas can play a pivotal role in supporting local economies. Aside from diversifying farmers’ incomes, it raises awareness of the significance of rural areas for food security...

On 5 February 1997, the FAO Liaison Office was established in Brussels, a city that was already playing host to a number of international and intergovernmental organizations. Working closely with...

Academia and research institutions, as innovation and knowledge hubs, are crucial partners for FAO in achieving the organization’s strategic priorities and in the realization of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. On...

“When you own the land, you have a responsibility to take care of it, to ensure that your family benefits from it. Not only that. Land ownership secures your children...

Achieving development through knowledge acquisition, that is where the FAO elearning Academy plays a central role in the Organization's strategy to provide learning opportunities and multilingual e-learning courses for professionals...

The Sahel is a region full of potential – with tremendous human capital, rich natural resources and substantial renewal energy opportunities. However, the region is plagued by insecurity that continues...

 In the run-up to the European Union–African Union summit, FAO and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) co-organized an event that zoomed in on the close links between rural development...

At the invitation of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which took office on 1 January, FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji briefed delegates of the European...

Throughout human history, oceans have provided food and livelihoods for people on the planet. In more recent times, consumption of aquatic foods has grown at twice the rate of population...

Ahead of the European Union– African Union Summit, held 17–18 February, a high-level pre-summit meeting was hosted by the European Parliament delegation for relations with the Pan African Parliament (DPAP). The...

The new annual Awards acknowledge progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Awards are open to individuals, organizations, governments, foundations, academia or private sector leaders across the world. ...

This animation tells the story of Leo and Barbara and the communities they are working with to achieve sustainable wildlife management. The animation was inspired by six key elements needed...

The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva and New York together with the FAO Office of SIDS, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries jointly organized the First FAO Global...

The massive volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga last month, followed by last week’s earthquake and aftershocks, have highlighted the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a global meeting...