Globally, around 14 percent of food production is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 17 percent of total global food production is wasted. Food loss and waste undermine...

A giant artwork in one of Brussels’ most central avenues was unveiled by the Heads of the FAO and UNEP Offices in Brussels, the Belgian Minister of Environment and the...

During the second observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) high-level speakers including FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety...

On the opening day of EU Pollinator Week, FAO Chief Scientist Ismahane Elouafi joined a high-level panel discussion on ‘A New EU Deal for Pollinators’ where she spoke alongside EU...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu participated in the opening of the Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium + 20 (GCA +20) on the theme “Aquaculture for food and sustainable development”. The hybrid...

Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgians paid a visit to the United Nations House in Brussels, the headquarters of several UN agencies, funds and programmes. During her visit, the...

Just days after the UN Food Systems Summit in New York (September 23), the youth led World Food Forum (WFF) holds its first flagship event in Rome on October 1-5, bringing together people from...

A series of virtual parliamentary dialogues aimed at supporting legislators in addressing the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic culminated in a global exchange on food security and nutrition. The event,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF) is convening a series of webinars on “Halting deforestation:...

The FAO Resource Mobilization and Private Sector Partnerships Division organized a two-day seminar in which the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels participated, providing FAO country representations in Africa with news...

In the run-up to the 18th Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, a special virtual event brought together stakeholders to discuss the role of biodiversity...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has entered a new era with a new structure and new dynamics. The 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...