Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today endorsed the new Strategic Framework that will drive the Organization's efforts to transform agri-food systems and address...

Director of the FAO Office of Emergencies and Resilience Rein Paulsen and WFP Director of Programme of the Humanitarian and Development Division David Kaatrud joined a session of the Council...

More than 30% of the world’s land area is covered by forests. FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 found that despite a slowing of the rate of deforestation in the...

FAO had a strong presence at the 2021 European Development Days (EDD21), the European Commission-led annual forum dedicated to the most pressing challenges in international development. The forum brings together...

The month of June saw the launch of activities for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, as well as celebrations for two other international days: World Oceans Day and the...

The bioeconomy has strong potential to efficiently transform food systems and achieve scalable and robust impact on the ground. That was the main conclusion of a meeting between FAO Chief...

As part of ongoing discussions on the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) organized an InfoPoint conference on Catalysing the sustainable...

The European Commission hosted the EU dialogue for the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), due to be held in September. The event brought together EU stakeholders and informed them...

To celebrate World Environment Day on 5 June, the City of Brussels lit up its iconic Town Hall in green. With this symbolic action, the Belgian and European capital showed...

The benefits of fruits and vegetables to consumers, smallholder producers and biodiversity were on the agenda at this year’s Annual Event for Freshfel Europe, the European Fresh Produce Association. Speaking about...

Worsening soil pollution and waste proliferation threaten the future of global food production, human health and the environment, and require an urgent global response, according to a joint report released...

Each year pollution negatively impacts the lives of millions of people on the planet, and has been at the centre of policies and laws of the European Green Deal. It...

The European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) and the International Trade Centre (ITC) hosted an expert workshop to support forthcoming EU legislation on mandatory due diligence and supply...

FAO and the Bahá'í International Community Brussels Office co-organized the second of a series of webinars on migration, agriculture and rural transformation. During the webinar, participants focused on Africa-Europe seasonal...

The European Commission and Sweden co-hosted the third Humanitarian Senior Officials Meeting on the crisis in Yemen, bringing together representatives from donors, international and Yemeni non-governmental organizations, and FAO and other...

"Global action is making a major difference in efforts to combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, but more needs to be done as consumer demand and fish production continue to...

Organized by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), the European Development Days (EDDs) are Europe’s leading forum on development. The overall theme for this year’s edition, which...

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organized an online public hearing in the context of the EESC Thematic Study Group on Sustainable Food Systems. The session sought to contribute...

The FISH4ACP programme, an initiative of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), brought together members of its steering committee to discuss the status and ongoing activities of...

European Union Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries approved Council Conclusions on the EU’s priorities for the United Nations Food Systems Summit, which will take place in New York in September. They...