The European Commission voiced the EU’s continued commitment to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) during meetings held this month. The Treaty’s Secretariat held...

In collaboration with the Belgian Development Cooperation, FAO’s Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equity Division held the first in a series of five webinars, “Community Engagement for Empowerment: Key for...

Oyster harvesting in Senegal, fishing for sprat, sardines and lates in Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika, and the catching of seabob shrimp in Guyana. These were some of the fishing activities portrayed...

The European Commission, European Parliamentarians, Representatives from the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), farmer representative organization Copa-Cogeca, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), joined...

FAO and the Organisation for African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) held a series of meetings to discuss their strategic collaboration and possible joint activities in 2021. FAO Brussels Director...

The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels met with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council to discuss environmental issues. The Presidency has put...

Members of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed the first-ever Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition aiming to support countries and others in their efforts to eradicate all forms...

The EU Platform on Food losses and Food Waste sub-group on food donation met virtually to discuss the recovery and redistribution of food during the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was...

Members of the Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment  Section (NAT) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) joined the virtual discussions of the 47th session of World Committee...

The FAO Liaison Office and the UNDP Representation in Brussels met to look at ways to strengthen their long-standing partnership and how it can contribute to reinforce partnership with the...

FAO and the Baha’i International Community Brussels Office (BIC Brussels) co-hosted a policy discussion on “From Village to City, and Beyond: Migration and rural transformation in the Africa Europe Partnership”....

FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero Cullen and FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta met virtually with Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) Head of Unit for Bioeconomy and Food...

The 34th session of FAO's Committee on Fisheries (COFI34) ended its week-long meeting on Friday with its Members endorsing the first-ever Declaration for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, urging stronger action to combat illegal, unreported...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a €40 million contribution from Germany to help farmers and fishers withstand threats like COVID-19 and extreme climate...

FAO and the French Development Agency (AFD) today launched a new 3.5 million Euro project to improve sustainable wildlife management and food security in the world's largest terrestrial transfrontier conservation...

FAO and the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which took office on 1 January, have been working to establish a relationship of close collaboration, planning together...

FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta took part in the roundtable “A Stronger Europe in the World: Major Challenges for EU Trade Policy,” at the invitation of the American European...

The EU and FAO interact in nearly all areas of FAO’s mandate. Thematically, this includes work on food security, agriculture, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, food safety, food crises and...

The use of territorial approaches to promote sustainable food systems and strong governance was one of the main topics covered in a discussion organized by the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels...

 FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today addressed the Agriculture Ministers' Conference in Berlin underscoring the importance, in the wake of COVID-19, of continued global cooperation to find new ways to strengthen the sustainability...