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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...