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Two awards recognize FAO’s innovative use of geospatial technologies
08/11/2023
Connecting cocoa farmers in remote Papua New Guinea with global markets
06/11/2023
From the hamlets where Sperian Kapia and his fellow cocoa farmers live by the massive Sepik River, it takes more than four hours by boat and truck through the rugged, dense rainforest of the Pacific Island state of Papua New Guinea to get to Wewak, the nearest town of about 25 000 people.
<...Hidden costs of global agrifood systems worth at least $10 trillion
06/11/2023
Our current agrifood systems impose huge hidden costs on our health, the environment and society, equivalent to at least $10 trillion a year, according to a ground-breaking analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), covering 154 countries. This represents al...
World Food Forum at the European Economic and Social Committee
06/11/2023
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a
FAO Chief Economist briefs the AGRIFAO Working Party
03/11/2023
FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero embarked on a brief mission to Brussels for an exchange of views with the Council of the EU via its Working Party on International Food and Agricultural Questions (AGRIFAO).
October 2023: FAO Experts in Brussels - engaging with partners and sharing knowledge
02/11/2023
The month of October saw a series of FAO experts participate in events in Brussels, covering a wide range of topics. These included:
Benjamin Davis, FAO Director of the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, participated virtually at the European Parliament's Commit...
Fifth FAO SIDS Dialogue: The Agrifood Systems Approach to face Climate and Nutrition Challenges in Small Island Developing States
31/10/2023
The compelling and intertwined challenges that the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are facing and the need to address them through an agrifood systems approach to strengthen resilience and support achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took a central stage at the fifth e...
Global Perspectives: FAO participation in the European Climate Stocktake
27/10/2023
Zitouni Ould-Dada, Deputy Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Environment, participated in the European Climate Stocktake, an event aimed at evaluating progress made towards achieving the Paris Agreement objectives within the EU and beyond.
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Corporate brochures: eye-catching, mind-expanding, and a showcase of FAO’s best work
23/10/2023
Must we choose between food security and climate neutrality? How do we make sure food imports are safe? How do low-income countries move up the food value chain?
FAO’s corporate brochures not only answer such questions but correlate them with broader subjects – the bioeconomy, say, or gl...
World Food Forum: Forward-looking Science and Innovation Forum wraps up with actions targeting the climate crisis
20/10/2023
The second edition of the Science and Innovation Forum, a key constituent of the annual flagship World Food Forum, closed here on Fri...
World Food Forum 2023 flagship event concludes with enhanced commitments to transform agrifood systems
20/10/2023
The third annual World Food Forum flagship event hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has drawn to a successful close, with attendees from across the world celebrating a ...
World Food Week: from global to local at the African Diaspora Agrifood Forum 2023
20/10/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels joined the 7th African Diaspora Agrifood Forum 2023, organized by The Food Bridge. The theme of this year's event was: From Local to Global; st...
World Food Week: transformative partnerships for our agrifood systems take center stage at SDG Forum Brussels
19/10/2023
With only seven agricultural seasons left before 2030, time is running out. If we want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we must act together and act decisively, now.
In the framework of FAO’s privileged partnership with Belgium, FAO Brussels Director Raschad
Al-Khafaji...
FAO Brussels Director Al-Khafaji highlights systemic approach at School Meals Coalition Summit in Paris
19/10/2023
FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji highlighted the importance of a systemic approach and FAO’s extensive work of two decades in promoting healthy school meals at the inaugural School Meals Coalition Global Summit held in Paris, France on 18 and 19 October.
The Summit, attende...
Junior World Food Day: a diverse group of Food Heroes inspire young people to value water
19/10/2023
Some of them create delicious foods or vibrant gardens, some raise people’s awareness of the crucial issues we face through their advocacy or through sport or music. Special guests, including Food Heroes, influencers and innovators gathered at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organ...
FAO at the Aquarama Trade Fair
19/10/2023
The Aquarama Trade Fair and Conference on Water Technology, which took place in Leuven on 19 October, had about 1250 visitors visit 127 exhibitors presenting the latest in water technologies.
The Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Brussels Liaison Office, Raschad Al-Khaf...
Adapting agriculture to water scarcity: Academic Seminar at Louvain University to commemorate World Food Day
19/10/2023
FAO Brussels participated and moderated an academic seminar organized by UC Louvain on the occasion of World Food Day 2023.
FAO Brussels welcomed the participants together with Marnik Vanclooster, Head of the Earth and Life Institute at UCLouvain and UNESCO's Europe Director Louise...
World Food Forum: Young entrepreneurs harness the power of technology to drive agrifood systems transformation
19/10/2023
The finalists of the World Food Forum’s global startup competition, pitched their ventures centering on ways to create sustainable agrifood systems, at the Startup Innovat...
FAO and IAEA join forces to support Atoms4Food
18/10/2023
To bolster a full-spectrum response to the global need to achieve sustainable agrifood systems, the heads of two United Nations agencies announced a new initiative called Atoms4Food to offer Member countries assistance in strategic planning, increasing food production and food safety.
FAO’s work on gender presented this World Food Week to partners at the Belgian Platform for Agriculture and Food Security
18/10/2023
Gender-transformative approaches are cost-effective in transforming agrifood systems. Closing the gender gap in land tenure has benefits on employment, investment, natural resource management, access to services, resilience, and food security. This is one of the main takeaways of the report “<...