FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium

12/05/2025

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...

12/05/2025

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...

12/05/2025

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.

The ...

07/05/2025
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 
05/05/2025

The recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Europe and the introduction of an exotic virus strain into the Near East underscore the urgent need for early dete...

29/04/2025

Consumers in many countries are increasingly turning to food supplements and functional or health foods as part of their diets, in an effort to support their individual health and well-being, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says.

29/04/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is urging countries in Northwest Africa to enhance monitoring and initiate early control measures as adult desert locust groups and small swarms - originating from the Sahel - moved into southern Sahara in the Western Region of ...

27/04/2025

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today concluded a four-day official visit to Kyrgyzstan, where he took part in a tree-planting ceremony, opened an exhibition and toured a number of agricultural facilities including family farms after attending a 

29/04/2025

The newly rehabilitated Mariama Airstrip was officially inaugurated yesterday, 28 April 2025, marking a significant step forward in connecting remote communities in the Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. This vital infrastructure project, restored by Papua New Guinea’s Rural Airstrip Age...

28/04/2025

Intently typing on his mobile phone, Milivoje Ćosić, a smallholder farmer, university professor, and a father of three, throws glances from time to time at a sun-lit lawn where his cows are grazing at a distance. He is standing in front of his house in the Serbian village of Mionica, some 100 ...

24/04/2025

Mountain regions especially in the world’s developing countries face growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, yet mountain communities have great potential for climate-resilient development and work to upgrade mountain products sectors such as organic food,...

15/04/2025

The FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP) has just been selected as one of the top 20 projects competing in the 8th edition of the prestigious 

23/04/2025

Partners of the European Union (EU) Sustainable Cocoa Programme (SCP) seized the opportunity of the Cocoa & Coffee festival organized in Yaoundé from 10 to 12 April to raise awareness among Cameroonian cocoa and coffee farmers on how to comply with the requirements of the EU Deforestation ...

16/04/2025

Efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing have received a boost from the People's Republic of China, the world’s largest capture fisheries producer, which has become the 108th State to ...

22/04/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today, on Earth Da,y launched Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Nature Restoration (AIM4Na...

17/04/2025

The war in Ukraine continues inflicting pressure on the agricultural sector, making it increasingly difficult for farmers and rural families to continue food production and sustain their livelihoods. In response, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a&...

15/04/2025

Living amidst grapevines that have been around since the time of his ancestors, it is no wonder Givi Chubinidze became convinced to follow in their footsteps. Here in the green valleys of Georgia’s Imereti region, bordered by the Likhi mountain range, endemic blue and purple grape varieties, s...

11/04/2025

Following the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is scaling up its emergency response to support rural communities whose livelihoods have been severely affected or destroyed.

Over 3.7 million hectares ...

14/04/2025

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is a highly contagious transboundary disease with zoonotic potential affecting both animal and human health. It causes variable clinical signs and high mortality rates in both wild and domestic bird populations. Current H5 AI outbreaks have se...

08/04/2025

In Brussels, FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji had the pleasure of accompanying Maurizio Martina, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), to an exchange of views with Members of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development...