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Global Environment Facility approves $70 million to support FAO projects in 28 countries
21/06/2024
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) this week helped 28 countries to unlock $70 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address urban sustainability, gro...
World Food Week: from global to local at the African Diaspora Agrofood 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; strategizing for growth Agrifood entrepreneurship...
Global push to step up action against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing
12/05/2023
Parties to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) have agreed to strengthen efforts to combat
Ground-breaking data platform plays key role in tackling acute food insecurity in food crises
09/05/2023
Detailed, comprehensive and timely data is essential to address the impact of shocks such as droughts, earthquakes or conflict on agricultural production and livelihoods in parts of the world affected by food crises.
Since its launch, during the first wave of the COVID-19 global pandemic...
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Sites in the Republic of Korea, Portugal and Tajikistan recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
08/07/2025
An integrated mountain agropastoral system in Tajikistan has become the first Central Asian addition to the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, with a pine tree agroforestry system and traditional bamboo...
Director-General champions innovation and collaboration at 44th Session of the FAO Conference
03/07/2025
The FAO Director-General, Q...
Cooperatives of Hope: Inside Nineveh’s Dairy Revival
04/07/2025
For more context about this project, please read the first FAO article published in July 2024
Support for Indian women farmers boosts economic empowerment, productivity and incomes
25/06/2025
Jharkhand, the ‘land of the forests’ is also a land of contrasts. In this part of eastern India, the soil is rich with minerals, ripe for farming, but often blighted by droughts and erratic monsoons.
Scattered across the state are remote hamlets, where subsistence farmers work with ...
The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems: New FAO report shines light on pitfalls and prospects for 1.3 billion young people
03/07/2025
Europe Walk for Climate: Leaving No One Behind
12/06/2025
The FAO Liaison Office with the European Union (EU) and Belgium participated in an event titled “Europe Walk for Climate: Leaving No One Behind” organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Brussels Office. The walk placed a spotlight on the urgent need for inclusive and c...
FAO launches groundbreaking financing facility to help prevent food crises before they escalate
01/07/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched the Financing for Shock-Driven Food Crisis (FSFC) Facility, a mechanism that builds on the existing initiative...
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FAO urges collective action for food security, climate and development challenges in Africa
27/06/2025
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today emphasized the urgent need for collaboration in addressing the interconnected and pressing challenges facing African nations, in his opening remarks at the 6th African Union (AU)-European Unio...
Saving the ocean without excluding people: when science, governance, and cooperation work together
24/06/2025
Ten years ago, fears for the sustainability of tuna made headlines in the news. Consumer demand surged, and fragmented management systems struggled to control growing fishing pressures.
Today, the picture has changed. Ninety-nine percent of the catches of major tuna populations...
Evaluating our progress toward transforming agrifood systems
25/06/2025
During the 2023–2024 biennium, the Office of Evaluation completed 108 evaluations of FAO programmes and projects undertaken around the world – from smallholder agricultural support in Angola and Gambia to One Health Programme Priority Area (PPA).
The evaluations cover approxima...
World Food Safety Day 2025: FAO Highlights Science-Based Approaches to Safer Food Systems
10/06/2025
Poland’s Permanent Representation to the European Union (EU) hosted a high-level event to mark World Food Safety Day 2025 under the theme “Food safety: science in action.” Organized in collaboration with the Agricultural and Food Quality Inspection (Poland) and the FAO Liaison Office in B...
Brussels marks the second edition of the International Day of Potato
24/05/2025
Under the theme “Shaping history, feeding the future,” the second edition of the International Day of Potato was held in Brussels, featuring an interactive conference and a potato exhibition.
Building on the legacy of the International Year of the Potato, observed ...
Brussels’ Presentation of the FAO elearning Academy
14/05/2025
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, in collaboration with the FAO elearning Academy, hosted the event “Leveraging knowledge and elearning opportunities to transform agrifood systems” in Brussels.
The event brought together more than 60 participants—including students, r...
FAO Brussels' participation in the conference of the German-speaking farmers in the Eastern region of Belgium
14/03/2025
The future of agriculture took centre stage at a major conference organized by Bauernbund, the association of German-speaking farmers in Belgium, in collaboration with their partners organization in the neighbouring German region (Bauern- und Winzerverband Rheinland-Nassau) and in Luxembo...
FAO spotlights Circular Economy Solutions at EU Green Week
05/06/2025
The 2025 edition of the EU Green Week took place in Brussels from 3 to 5 June. Organized by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment, this year’s theme was ‘Circular Solutions for a Competitive EU’, highlighting how circularity can drive innovation and sustainability....
High-Level Conference on Cormorant Predation Management Held in Brussels
03/06/2025
A high-level conference on "Management Advice to Reduce Cormorant Predation Impacts" took place at the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU. The event, hosted under the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in collaboration with the European Inland Fisheries and A...