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31/08/2026
Ukraine is entering the peak harvest period at a time when disruptions to Black Sea export flows are further straining the country’s grain storage capacity. In response, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Mercy Corps, ...
26/08/2026
Ulaanbaatar/Rome - Restoring rangelands and desert landscapes is central to food security, livelihoods and resilient rural economies, FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol said on Monday at the 17th Conference of the Parties (
20/08/2026

FAO has launched the Villages Recognition Initiative, a global programme that celebrates villages that are advancing sustainable agrifood systems, conserving biodiversity, preserving food traditions and local knowledge, and fostering inclusive rural development. 

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13/08/2026
European Union investment through the EU-STREIT PNG Programme has modernised and expanded processing and chocolate-making capacity at Papua New Guinea's leading domestic cocoa processor, strengthening demand for quality beans from cocoa farmers and driving the country's cocoa industry toward premium overseas markets.
07/08/2026
The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices edged up in July, as recent heatwaves and energy price dynamics pushed up quotations for cereals, vegetable oils and sugar, according to new data r...
06/08/2026
Kabul – Rising fertilizer prices are threatening Afghanistan's 2027 wheat harvest just as farmers prepare for what could be one of the country's most promising wheat-growing seasons in years. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is appealing for USD 38.3 million to en...
05/08/2026

The FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium invites all its partners across Belgium and the European Union to celebrate World Food Week 2026 (From 8 to 16 October 2026), one of the ...

28/07/2026

The pilot initiative, carried out in the coastal town of Kavarna, also delivered Bulgaria's first integrated multitrophic aquaculture system, combining rainbow trout and Mediterranean mussel, and marked the first operational deployment of

24/07/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today presented a blueprint for a new global approach to tackle transboundary animal diseases. Left unchecked, these dis...
23/07/2026

New analysis released today shows improvements in food security and child nutrition across the Gaza Strip. However, the United Nations cautioned that the progress, driven largely by expanded access to humanitarian food, nutrition, agricultural and health assistance, remains fragile. While acce...

21/07/2026

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to Th...

21/07/2026

Three consecutive years of progress in reducing global hunger demonstrate that hunger is not inevitable, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said Tuesday at the launch of the 2026 edition of

14/07/2026
Promoting market transparency has become a basic element of FAO’s work and is widely valued by the international community, Director-General QU Dongyu said Monday in remarks opening the
14/07/2026

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today highlighted the importance of strengthening international cooperation to support coffee-producing countries and communities, as FAO and the International Coffee Organization (ICO) renewed their longstanding partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of...

14/07/2026

International prices of coffee, cocoa and tea have recently experienced large fluctuations, exacerbated by structural vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), highlighting the need to strengthen production systems, impro...

10/07/2026
Shocks to the world’s increasingly interconnected food and agricultural markets are growing in frequency and intensity, and evidence suggests there are effective policy measures that can mitigate and shorten their impact, according to a
09/07/2026

Join the FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium (FAOLOB) in Brussels and contribute to international cooperation, climate action and sustainable agrifood systems in a multicultural environment. 

The role supports two key initiatives: