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Celebrating Coffee, Honouring the People Behind Every Cup
01/10/2026
In Rwanda’s southern Huye region, when coffee cherries have turned red and ripe, trained farmers harvest these fruits at just the right moment. The harvesters work methodically, emerging from the shade of one coffee tree and into the harsh sunlight, before alighting on the next. The silence of...
Celebrating coffee and the people behind every cup
30/09/2026
On 28 September, the UN House in Brussels brought together coffee-producing an...
From Local Action to Global Impact: How the City of Bruges is tackling Food Waste
29/09/2026
FAO report: Restoring forests and landscapes is critical to meeting global food security and development goals
28/09/2026
Forest and landscape restoration is a cost-effective response to food security, biodiversity, climate, and other development challenges, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which warns that scaling up action will require greater inves...
FAO Committee on Forestry: Director-General urges better integration of forests into food security and development policies
28/09/2026
The 28th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Committee on Forestry (COFO) opened on Monday with a call for stronger global action to address mounting threats to forests while fully recognizing their critic...
Sudan: FAO launches nationwide livestock vaccination campaign to protect food security and livelihoods amid conflict
25/09/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a nationwide livestock vaccination campaign in Sudan to protect 9.8 million animals and safeguard the livelihoods of 1.2 million livestock-owning households amid ongoing conflict, displacement and a deepening food c...
FAO Chief Scientist participates in EU AgRI 2040 Conference in Brussels
25/09/2026
FAO Highlights the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists at Bonn Shepherds' Festival
23/09/2026
On 23 September 2026, Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium, participated in the Bundesweites Schäferfest in Bonn, Germ...
New FAO report surveys how different livestock production systems can contribute to social, economic and environmental sustainability
22/09/2026
According to a new study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), livestock production systems provide one-third of the world’s total protein supply - most of it from mixed crop-livestock and poultry production systems - and are undergoing profound changes.
F...
FAO opens global conference to put One Health into action across agrifood systems
21/09/2026
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General QU Dongyu opened the Global Conference for Actions on One Heal...
FAO emergency food production support helps vulnerable Haitian families produce food and meet urgent needs
17/09/2026
Emergency food production support provided by the Food and Agriculture ...
FAO report highlights forests' crucial role in food security and nutrition
15/09/2026
Forests and trees play a crucial role in providing nutritious food, and more than 5 billion people worldwide rely on them to some extent for their livelihoods. Yet their contribution to food security and nutrition remains largely overlooked in national statistics and policy frameworks.
A...
European Union and FAO join forces to boost climate resilience of agrifood systems in Afghanistan
13/09/2026
KABUL – The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a €5 million initiative to help Afghan farmers and agribusinesses reach markets, generate more reliable incomes and better withstand climate and economic shocks.
The project wil...
FAO highlights partnership with the European Union at AGRIFAO Working Party
09/09/2026
Europe’s Grasslands: A Different Rangeland Story
09/09/2026
When people hear the word pastoralism, they often imagine the vast savannas of Africa, the steppes of Central Asia, or the deserts of the Middle East. Europe rarely comes to mind. Looking at the world's major rangeland biomes, it almost seems as if Europe has very little to offer.
But fa...
FAO brings together five continents to advance land governance and equitable access to land for family farmers
08/09/2026
Today, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) opened the joint Seventeenth Internat...
New Adriatic Sea fisheries unit inaugurated in Split to strengthen science-based fisheries management
04/09/2026
The Adriatic Sea Technical Unit of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was officially inaugurated today in Split, marking a new step in strengthening scient...
FAO calls for systemic action to advance generational renewal in rural areas
03/09/2026
QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called for a systemic and inclusive approach to securing a sustainable future for the next generation of farmers and rural communities.
Speaking at the High-Level Ministerial Confer...
FAO, WFP, Mercy Corps and the Ukrainian Red Cross step up grain storage support to protect Ukraine's 2026 harvest
31/08/2026