FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium

19/01/2026

Acute food insecurity has tripled since 2016 to nearly 300 million people, while humanitarian food sector funding has fallen back toward 2016 levels. Every dollar now has to achieve far more.   

Agriculture offers the strongest return: on average, each dollar invested in a...

09/01/2026

Sopo, a 31-year-old from Tsalka, is taking her first steps towards building a small cheese business with her mother.

“I’m planning to start a small cheese-making business,” she says. “Step by step, my mother and I are laying the foundations for a family-run business focused on quality. S...

07/01/2026

The FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium looks back to 2025: a year of engagement, partnership, and impact.

This end-of-year video highlights key moments from 2025, as FAO marked its 80th anniversary and reinforced its commitment to transforming agrifood systems and end...

24/12/2025

More than 72,000 farming and herding families in the West Bank – nearly two-thirds of all agricultural families – urgently require emergency agricultural assistance, according to a...

01/01/2026

In 2022, an estimated 1.05 billion tons of food were wasted worldwide. Restaurants, canteens, and the broader food service sector accounted ...

24/12/2025

After a sharp decline in 2023, the global forest products sector saw signs of stabilization in 2024, according to Global forest products facts and figures 2024 , released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Natio...

09/12/2025

Isis Núñez Ferrera, newly appointed Urban Agrifood Systems Coordinator at FAO’s Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division, visited Brussels. The role reflects FAO’s strategic decision to strengthen its engagement with cities and surrounding territories as key entry points f...

12/12/2025

FAO Brussels visited the city’s oldest urban farm, La Ferme du Parc Maximilien, on the occasion of the installation of new educational information panels about the animals and plants of the farm.  

These FAO-funded pa...

03/12/2025

The 8th edition of the Copa and Cogeca Innovation Award for Women Farmers, held at...

16/12/2025

The FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium and the Belgian Federal Public Service (FPS) Economy brought together international organizations, national authorities, and experts to discuss food inflation and price monitoring, based on the findings of the State...

27/11/2025

The EU-FAO partnership is at the forefront of advancing circular economy practices in Sri Lanka’s agrifood sector through the EU-funded Circular Economy in the Food Sector (CIRCULAR) project.  

FAO presented the CIRCULAR project at a rec...

15/12/2025

Under the theme “Securing Europe’s Food and Agriculture”, the 2025 edition of the Agri-Food Days was held in Brussels. This annual conference brings together leaders, experts, and stakeholders for three days of discussions on the future of...

11/12/2025

FAO reaffirmed its strong commitment to supporting São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) in its transition toward a sustainable blue economy during the São Tomé and Príncipe Investment Forum 2025. 

Representing the Organization, Lionel Kinadjian, Fisheries ...

03/12/2025

FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji participated in a roundtable discussion on ‘’A new pact between producers and consumers’’ held on the occasion of the launch of EAT Europe’s study on ‘Comparative Mapping of Food Sust...

19/12/2025
The United Nations General Assembly’s decision to make 16 November the annual International Day of the Mediterranean Diet is a welcome initiative to help foster awareness and appreciation of the importance of healthy diets, sustainability and territorial traditions in achieving food security and ...
11/12/2025

Every year on 11 December, the world pauses to celebrate International Mountain Day, a United Nations observance established in 2002 to remind us of the towering role mountains play in sustaining life, nature, and economies. 

This year’s the...

17/12/2025

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved eight projects led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) worth nearly $60 million designed to help seven countries improve their management ...

12/12/2025

Renewable water availability per person has continued to decline by a further 7 per cent over the past decade, while pressure on already scarce freshwater resources is increasing in several regions, according to the