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FAO Brussels Director presents key priorities at the Council of the European Union
14/09/2021
At the invitation of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji presented FAO’s priorities for upcoming collaboration with the EU to the...
Afghanistan: FAO appeals for $36 million to urgently save rural livelihoods and avoid massive displacement
13/09/2021
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today called for urgent assistance to help save Afghanistan's next wheat harvest, keep life-sustaining farm...
Priority areas for joint action between FAO and the European Union
09/09/2021
Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva Dominique Burgeon briefed the Council of the European Union Working Party on Humanitarian Aid and Food Aid on acute food insecurity in...
How can smart villages benefit the agrifood sector and promote rural tourism?
07/09/2021
Smart villages were the focus of a United Nations Food System Summit independent Dialogue organized by the European Food Forum, together with the European Parliament Intergroup on Rural, Mountainous and...
FAO launches Global Action on One Country One Priority Product
07/09/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched its Global Action on Green Development of Special Agricultural Products: One Country One Priority Product (OCOP). This Action aims...
FAO presents a new tool to monitor fisheries and aquaculture product prices in Europe
07/09/2021
FAO presented the GLOBEFISH Price Dashboard; a new information tool to monitor European prices of fisheries and aquaculture products. Through its weekly updates, the tool reflects the dynamic environment of...
One Health approach and intensified collaboration needed to prevent and respond to pandemics
05/09/2021
The world has the opportunity to bolster collective and collaborative methods to prevent future pandemics through a universal, inclusive One Health approach, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
Exchanging views with European parliamentarians on the Blue Transformation
01/09/2021
What are theobjectives, challenges and opportunities of a blue transformation? This was the issue on the agenda when Director of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division Manuel Barange met European...
FAO calls for renewed digital push in Small Island Developing States
31/08/2021
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu called on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to tap the power of innovation and digitalization in order to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals...
FAO-led EU-STREIT PNG provides technical assistance to 1,418 cocoa and vanilla farmers, who will further train 14,000 farmers
30/08/2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in line with its mission and objectives of the EU-STREIT Programme in Papua New Guinea, conducted 12 trainings for farmers...
Defining the building blocks of gender transformative financial inclusion
10/08/2021
An event co-hosted by FAO and IFAD in the framework of the Joint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition (JP GTA) brought together experts in financial inclusion and...
G20: FAO Director-General calls for closing of digital divide
05/08/2021
QU Dongyu, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today called for a closing of the digital divide and reiterated FAO's commitment to promote...
Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs
30/07/2021
Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink...
EU participation at the UNFSS Pre-Summit: Shaping the road to New York
29/07/2021
A mind-set shift, youth, inclusion for indigenous people and women, political will, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the right to food – these were some of the key issues...
World Food Day 2021 - It's your day!
20/07/2021
With the theme "Our actions are our future- Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life" World Food Day 2021 will be again celebrated in Brussels.
The food...
EU Dialogues for the UNFSS: our voices matter!
16/07/2021
In the run up to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), the European Union organized an EU Dialogue for the UNFSS on 12-13 July and 16 July, consisting of...
Brussels press briefing on the launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
12/07/2021
There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today - much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic's impact...
FAO and Flanders – strong engagement on international development
09/07/2021
As part of the Day of the Flemish Community (11 July) the Government of Flanders organized a luncheon for the diplomatic corps in Brussels. The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels...
FAO Brussels Dialogue: When science meets policy to boost food systems transformation
07/07/2021
Organized as an independent United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) Dialogue on the sidelines of the UNFSS Science Days, this Brussels Dialogue brought together European and international academia and science...
A sustainable agriculture is a future where no one is left behind
07/07/2021
As a key actor in global food system transformation, FAO was invited to the UN Food Systems Summit independent dialogue ‘Leave no one behind: the transition to sustainable agriculture’, hosted...