The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels participated at the First International Spring School on Advances in Food, Nutrition and Innovation, co-organized by Wagralim and

Rome – Less than five percent of the Gaza Strip’s cropland area remains available for cultivation, according to the latest geospatial assessment carried out by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), further deteriorating...

The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, and New York in collaboration with the FAO Office of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), and FAO’s Statistics Division (ESS), organized the eighth edition of the SIDS ...

Strengthening transformative partnerships is central to FAO’s vision of building more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems—a message reinforced during a fruitful exchange between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Benelux Unio...

Stefanos Fotiou, Director of FAO’s Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Director of the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) Coordination Hub, made a two-day visit to Brussels to brief European Union (EU) stakeholders on the latest developments and strategic objectives of the upcoming 2nd UN ...

The European Dairy Association (EDA) hosted its annual Dairy Policy Conference in Brussels under the theme “Nourishing a Sustainable Future, Nurturing Innovation.” The event brought together over 150 parti...

At the Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) in Brussels, Viorel Gutu, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, underscored the importance of a systemic and inclusive approach to global food security, fully aligned with FAO’s Strategic Framewo...

The Permanent Representation of Türkiye to the European Union (EU) hosted an event to celebrate the International Day of Zero Waste, occasion to address the urgent issue of waste and its wide-ranging implications. The session started with introductory remarks from Ambassador Faruk Kaymakci, Pe...

FAO and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organized a joint event on "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs): Civil society's involvement in the preparation of VNRs". The event focused on exploring the critical role of civil society in the pr...

In Papua New Guinea’s West Sepik, the EU-STREIT PNG Programme transformed lives by rehabilitating a 16.7 km road, reconnecting 12,000 rural villagers to markets and services. This climate-resilient infrastructure slashed transport costs, revived cocoa farming, and created jobs, empowering comm...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Qu Dongyu, today paid tribute to bees and other pollinators – who he called ‘silent heroes’ – and called for increased international collaboration to protect and use them sustainably, as World Bee Day 20...

By observing World Bee Day each year, we can raise awareness on the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy, and on the many challenges they face today. We have been celebrating this day since 2018, thanks to the efforts of the Government of Slov...

World Bee Day is celebrated every year on 20 May. This International Day, whic...

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Geneva/New York/Rome/Washington – Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink, in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions, accord...

In a country that consumes around 500 000 tonnes of it a year, it is safe to say that the people of Côte d’Ivoire love to eat fish. In fact, it is their number one source of animal protein. According to their Ministry of Animal and Fisheries Resources, in 2023, Ivorians consumed 23.5 kilos of ...

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Cooperation at all levels, together with effective funding, are critical in the fight against transboundary pests and diseases (TPPDs), which each year destroy up to 40 percent of the world’s crops, Food and Agri...

Plant health is the foundation of food security and is interconnected with human, animal and environmental health. Healthy plants provide nutrient-rich diets for humans and animals and help promote a balanced ecosystem. Pest-infected plants can trigger a cascade of negative effects on food sup...

With the imminent risk of famine, agriculture on the brink of total collapse, and the possible outbreak of deadly epidemics in Gaza, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) calls for immediate restoration of humanitarian access and the lifting of blockades.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was awarded on Wednesday for its sustained effort to help Zimbabwe use satellite-tracked evidence to improve its crop production data.

FAO won the SDG Custodian Agency Prize at the seventh annual