“New solutions and modern approaches” are needed to face global challenges such as hunger, poverty, climate change, environmental degradation and the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO Director-General QU...

The Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme has developed a legal hub designed to help improve national governance and legislative frameworks of natural resources via participatory and informed law-making processes. The...

FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol and Minister-President of Flanders, Jan Jambon today signed a historic framework agreement to enhance cooperation between the Government of Flanders and FAO on a range...

“Science, knowledge, data and innovation are vital to agri-food systems transformation,” FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta said during a meeting with the European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation...

The ACP-EU partnership agreement, also known as the Cotonou Agreement (2000-2020), is one of the oldest and most comprehensive frameworks for cooperation between the European Union and its partner countries....

The role of family farming in promoting sustainable food systems was the central theme of a high-level, virtual dialogue held by the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, in collaboration with...

FAO Brussels and the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia met to discuss the EU Green Agenda for the Western Balkans and the Economic and Investment plan for...

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet was named Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Goodwill Ambassador today, the International Day of Human Space Flight. Pesquet will help FAO raise awareness about the...

FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero and Deputy to the Special Envoy for the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) Martin Frick met with Slovenian State Secretary of the Ministry of...

The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA) is the first binding international agreement which specifically targets illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)...

As the build-up to the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) gains momentum, Deputy to the Special Envoy of the Summit, Martin Frick, presented Ambassadors from member countries of the Organisation...

FAO Chief Veterinary Officer Keith Sumption met with Director-General and Chief Veterinary Officer of the Portuguese Directorate-General of Food and Veterinary, Susana Pombo to discuss the organization’s medium and long-term...

March 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of the Syrian war. On March 29-30, the European Union and the United Nations co-chaired the fifth Brussels Conference entitled “Supporting the future of...

FAO Secretary of the Port-States Measures Agreement (PSMA) Matthew Camilleri briefed Ambassadors and delegates of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Working Group on Fisheries on the...

FAO Brussels is continuing its fruitful interactions with the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union on various topics, including an FAO Brussels Dialogue on Family Farming scheduled...

FAO and the University of Ghent have been working closely the past year to structure a strategic partnership for the upcoming years on important topics of FAO’s mandate such as...

In the run-up to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) later this year, the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development convened a discussion on the...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, issued an impassioned plea today for the primacy of science in guiding responses to global...

Agriculture absorbs the bulk of the financial losses and damages wrought by disasters which have grown in frequency, intensity, and complexity, says FAO in a new report released today. At no other point...

The 10th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste (EU PFLW)  discussed, among other things, ongoing work on the code of conduct for Responsible Business and...