FAO’s Team Leader on Early Warning Early Action, Dunja Dujanovic, briefed EU Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) partners on Anticipatory Action corporate work within...

The Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) and Food Tank organized a lively discussion on themes pertainign among others to sustainable food systems and the European Union’s Farm to...

During the month of November, the FAO Brussels Office and the FAO Resource Mobilization and Private Sector Partnerships Division held a series of dialogues with FAO regional, sub-regional and country...

More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high levels of water shortages and scarcity, and almost half of them face severe constraints. Furthermore, available...

FAO Chief EconomistMáximo Torero joined other speakers in the virtual conference on the transition towards sustainability and climate mitigation hosted by EURACTIV and supported by the Joint Programming Initiative on...

FAO Brussels welcomed more than 250 participants and 600 viewers via live stream to the fifth Brussels Dialogue on rural youth employment in Africa. High-level government representatives and technical experts...

Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgians joined Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and other high-level speakers at the Special FAO Seminar on Food and Nutrition in calling...

Since its endorsement in 2014, the Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) indicator has come a long way. FAO, together with the European Commission and the German Agency for Development...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO), together form the Tripartite on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The Tripartite, in...

FAO Senior Statistician Carola Fabi presented the organization’s work on big data at an expert session during the FIT4FOOD2030 final conference. Ms Fabi explained that the FAO Data Lab, part...

Agricultural practices play an important role in efforts to reduce the use of antimicrobials in both animals and humans and avoid the spread of drug-resistant infections. In observance of World...

QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, called on G20 members to address the impacts of COVID-19 on agri-food systems by boosting farmers productivity,...

Achieving gender parity in all spheres of life was the main topic of a virtual event attended by FAO Director for Partnerships and UN collaboration, Marcela Villarreal, and Member of...

An online event looking at the role of water in the EU’s action on climate change drew institutional representatives, water sector professionals, industry representatives and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) into a...

FAO participated in the World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting on pathways to financial inclusion in agriculture. The discussion revolved around how different financial services models may affect farmers based on the...

The 5th Women4Mediterranean Conference 2020 side event on “Mainstreaming Gender in Recovery Responses of Agri-Food Sectors And Rural Areas,” was co-organized by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the...

The FAO Liaison Offices in Geneva and Brussels joined forces and organized a briefing with the Director of the FAO Office of Strategy, Planning and Resources Management, Beth Crawford, to...

In the run-up to European Antibiotic Awareness Day, the European Parliamentary interest group on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) organized an online discussion on ways to reduce AMR to improve the health...

The FAO Investment Centre works with its partners to promote more and better investment in food and agriculture. The Centre continues to adapt its expertise to respond to new challenges, like COVID-19,...

The second Humanitarian Senior Officials Meeting on Yemen took place virtually in Brussels. The encounter was designed to take stock of the deteriorating situation in Yemen and the severely underfunded...