Event hosted under the auspices of the European Parliamentary Alliance highlights innovation, sustainability and transforming the cocoa value chain A double-celebration marking World Food Day and the 75th anniversary of the...

Lifting cocoa farmers from poverty, tackling child and forced labor, improving gender equality, ending deforestation, and empowering cocoa farmers’ organizations were some of the main points raised during the panel...

The first in what will be an annual gathering of European stakeholders interested in helping to shape the EU’s path towards sustainable food systems took place on 15-16 October as part...

Promoting innovation and applying digital technologies in agri-food systems, as well as reducing food loss and waste, are vital to stepping up the fight against hunger and poverty. This was...

In recent years, parliamentarians in Europe and other regions of the world have formed alliances to step up efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition globally, while making food systems more...

Speakers shared insights on what resilience, sustainability, and innovation can bring to everyone’s life, even in times of crisis, at the World Food Day talks hosted by the FAO Regional...

The Director of the FAO Liaison office in Brussels, Rodrigo de Lapuerta exchanged views with the newly established Working Group on Food Security of the Belgian House of Representatives in...

“A world without hunger is possible   – What must be done” was the title of the virtual event organized by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in...

FAO Deputy Regional Representative for North Africa and Near East, Serge Nakuzi and Director of FAO’s Liaison Office in Brussels Rodrigo de Lapuerta met with Henrike Trautmann, acting Director Neighbourhood...

Director of FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, Rodrigo de Lapuerta, and the Deputy Director of the FAO Office for Emergencies and Resilience, Daniele Donati, met with Andrea Koulaimah and Andreas Papaconstantinou, EU Directors in charge of...

Transformational change is urgently needed in the way we manage our forests and their biodiversity, as well in the way we produce and consume our foods and interact with nature....

FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta met with the OACPS Assistant Director General of the Department of Climate Action and Environment, Cristelle Pratt. A fruitful discussion was held on how...

Experts of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (GFCM) attended the 3rd Steering Group meeting of the Common Maritime Agenda (CMA) for the Black Sea,...

The “From Farm to Fork, Sustainable Food Systems and the EU Green Deal” event organized by IPES-Food and the Club of Rome-EU Chapter highlighted the role of agroecology in supporting...

At the invitation of the European Union Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), FAO Deputy Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment Zitouni Ould Dada presented FAO’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery plan to participa

A wide range of actors were brought together by FAO’s virtual regional dialogue on scaling up the response of food and agriculture sectors to the COVID-19 crisis with the ultimate...

October saw the virtual event “The future of our oceans: Towards a new vision for global fisheries and aquaculture” by the European Parliament Intergroup on “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable...

The European Commission launched its multi-stakeholder platform to help protect and restore the world’s forests. FAO represented by its Forestry Division participated in the launching event by providing its extensive...

The Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, Rodrigo de Lapuerta and the Rector of the University of Liège, Pierre Wolper, cosigned the new partnership agreement between their two...

How can companies truly help with this challenge? This was the central question driving discussion at an event hosted by Euractiv, a Brussels media outlet. FAO Director for Food Systems and Food Safety Jamie...