FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta presented on 30 September elements of the FAO Response to the COVID-19 in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States in an intervention during the 123rd...

Tackling food loss and waste is essential for the health of the people and the planet. On this International Day, FAO Brussels invites you to discuss solutions to the food...

FAO Brussels welcomed more than 250 participants to the first-ever observance of this International Day. Members of the development community and other partners discussed new strategies, innovation and digitalization, looking...

FAO was present at the Politico’s Agriculture and Food Summit, the annual gathering which, this year, took a virtual form. FAO’s Director of the Emergency and Resilience Division, Dominique Burgeon,...

“FAO will always be there as an honest broker to facilitate the dialogue on trade issues of agricultural products between developing and developed countries” said FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de...

The COVID-19 global health crisis has been a time to reflect on things we truly cherish and our most basic needs. These uncertain times have made many of us rekindle...

The German Presidency of the Council of the European Union began on the first of July and FAO Brussels is maintaining regular contact with the Presidency on several key topics....

Stronger joint support for Africa’s fisheries and aquaculture was the theme of the event co-organized by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the European Commission (EC) and...

This brochure describes the activities of the Alliance in Brussels and beyond and is being used to engage, inform and attract more Parliamentarians to join the Alliance.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is working closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to assist member...

Talks today between FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal and European Commissioner for Climate Action, Frans Timmermans, focused on...

The virtual discussion entitled "The European Green Deal: A Conversation on the Transformative Force of the EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies to build Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems"...

Women tend to be more vulnerable to the socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures which have been taken to contain the virus. This is one of the observations...

The world is facing unprecedented challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the immediate global priority is to tackle this public health emergency, our long-term response must address the disruption...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Olivér Várhelyi, European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Environment (NEAR), today and emphasized the importance of ongoing cooperative support for countries in the EU’s...

The invisible pandemic: hunger in times of covid-19.We must act now so that this invisible pandemic does not advance any further. Otherwise, the numbers of hunger and malnutrition will increase....

FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the European Union Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, today discussed ways to strengthen collaboration on a number of issues, including the prevention...

On June 5, we celebrate World Environment Day, while the world is going through an unprecedented crisis. Biodiversity and the environment are threatened. Could you give us in two sentences...

Janusz Wojciechowski, the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture and FAO Director-GeneralQU Dongyu renewed their commitment today to work together to make agriculture more innovative and environmentally friendly, with the aim...

As COVID-19 increasingly affects people and livelihoods in Africa, urgent solutions to ensure food security and build resilience in Africa were discussed during the second FAO Brussels virtual dialogue. Over...