FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium

14/11/2024
Rome - The global food import bill is expected to increase by 2.2 percent from the previous year to more than $2 trillion in 2024, pushed up by higher prices for cocoa, coffee and tea and also buoyed by higher import costs for fruits and vegetables, according to 
14/11/2024

Lima – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today called for a radical transformation in how we produce, process, trade, and consume food, as he discussed reducing food loss and waste and securing clean energy for agrifood s...

13/11/2024
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) formalized its membership as a founding member of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, a G20 initiative championed by Brazil to dramatically expedite efforts to achieve the eradication of poverty and hunger b...
13/11/2024

New York/Rome - The food security situation in northern Gaza is dire and the latest indications are deeply troubling, said Director of FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience Rein Paulsen in his address to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.

Last Friday, 

14/10/2024

Under the auspices of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU in Brussels hosted a workshop titled "Making Aquaculture a Vital Part of the European Sustainable Food System". The event featured speakers from the ...

12/11/2024

Baku—The only way to reduce carbon emissions and restore nature on the path to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is to transform our agrifood systems, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today told the 

11/11/2024

Climate change is the result of human activities and is a threat to human and natural systems. We can already see its impact.

Global temperatures are rising, extreme weather events are intensifying, severe wildfires are becoming more frequent and water scarcity is worsening.

Throug...

15/10/2024

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) invited FAO to provide a briefing to the 6th Rural Pact Debate, focusing on the development of regional bioeconomy strategies to enhance rural development. The event emphasized the importance of maximizing local resources in rural areas through...

11/10/2024

On Friday, 11 October 2024, the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels had the pleasure of welcoming the UN Assistant  Secretary-General (ASG) for Youth Affairs, Felipe Paullier at its premises.  

The ASG met with the FAO Brussels team and exchanged on how to best ...

15/10/2024

The Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosted a cocktail reception to celebrate World Food Day, gathering friends, partners, and representatives from European Union institutions and Member States.  

World Food Day was first proposed by Hungary ...

07/10/2024

The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, and New York,  in collaboration with the Office of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), organized the seventh edition of the SIDS Solutions Dialogue.  

05/11/2024

Nadi, Fiji - Pacific Islands countries began a key gathering here today to work toward agrifood systems transformation that addresses their unique challenges and vulnerabilities particularly in the context of the climate crisis.

Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U...

08/11/2024

Rome – A refined study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) involving 156 countries confirms that hidden costs within global agrifood systems amount to approximately $12 trillion annually. Of this figure, around 70 percent ($8.1 trillion) arise from unhealthy di...

05/11/2024

The eyes of Aishagul Duganova, a 48-year-old mother of three, light up as she talks about her new greenhouse, which is bringing with it new stability amidst her family's health problems and money troubles.

In the village of Koram, around 150 kilometers east of Almaty in Kazakhstan, A...

16/10/2024

On the occasion of World Food Day, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) organized an InfoPoint lunchtime seminar focusing on nutrition.  

In his opening remarks at the event, Leonard Mizzi, Head of the Sustainable Ag...

18/10/2024

Driven by the FAO mission to build strong connections with academia and to inspire students and youth to be part of the global efforts of transforming our agrifood systems, the Liaison Office in Brussels was proud to establish the Students4Food Inspirational Talks. Held in the framework o...

14/10/2024

Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, recently paid a visit to Namur to hold discussions with members of the Belgian Regional Government of Wallonia. The meetings provided an excellent opportunity to exchange on matters of mutual interest with a common object...

01/11/2024
Rome - Policy makers, researchers and the public have a new resource to gauge the scale and importance of agrifood systems in providing employment around the world.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched five new indicators and overhauled the da...
01/11/2024

Joint News Release | Rome/Nairobi/Geneva/Paris - The Quadripartite collaboration on One Health – comprising the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN E...