FAO puts focus on importance of technology for International Day of Plant Health
10/05/2024
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is marking this year’s International Day of Plant Health by shining a light on the importance of leveraging innovation to p...
34th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe opens with focus on bolstering the resilience of agrifood systems
14/05/2024
34th Session of FAO Regional Conference for Europe concludes discussions on agrifood systems transformation
17/05/2024
Rome — The 34th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) ended today following four days of exchanges on the steps needed to transform agrifood systems in Europe and Central Asia.
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Fostering sustainable agrifood systems: united for a more people-centered, prosperous, and shared future
14/05/2024
* By QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Europe and Central Asia have a great potential for the global contribution to food security by producing more with less. However, the challenges to our shared vision of a more people-cen...
Agroforestry systems in Cameroon and around the world: what definitions and ambitions for sustainable cocoa?
18/04/2024
Brussels, 18-19 April – Cameroon’s Cocoa and Coffee Interprofessional Council (CICC), FAO and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), organized a two-day workshop in Brussels on the theme of Agroforestry systems in Cameroon and around the world: what...
DDG Martina visits Belgium to strengthen transformative partnerships
16/04/2024
16 and 17 April 2024, Brussels |In a two-day visit to Brussels, FAO Deputy Director-General Maurizio Martina met FAO partners and engaged in conversations to enhance collaboration aimed at fostering transformative initiatives also in preparation for the Thirty-fourth session of the FAO Re...
How to address the unequal distribution of value across the cocoa sector
21/04/2024
Mohamed Manssouri, Director of FAO Investment Centre, participated at the World Cocoa Conference 2024 held in Brussels, Belgium, from 21 to 24 April, where he shared his v...
Fish4ACP and SWM Projects spotlighted at the Council of the European Union
30/04/2024
FAO Brussels Director, Raschad Al-Khafaji, shared updates on the Fish4ACP project to the delegates of the ACP and CODEV Working Parties of the Council of the Europe...
FAO Director of the Land and Water Division calls for gender equality and youth empowerment in access to land and water resources at EESC Hearing
22/04/2024
Lifeng LI, FAO Director of the Land and Water Division, joined a hearing hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on the pressing topic of water politics and their implications for the empowerment of youth, women, indigenous, and local communities. LI’s intervention foc...
FAO’s environment and climate monitoring portal Earth Map receives Google Impact award
06/05/2024
Rome- Earth Map, a pioneering initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that leverages freely available archives of geospatial data for climate and environment monitoring and mapping has been honoured with a
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Agricultural Trade in SIDS: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
09/04/2024
Brussels, Geneva, New York and Rome, 9 April 2024 – The sixth edition of the FAO SIDS Solutions Dialogue focused on agricultural trade trends, challenges, and opportunities specific to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The hybrid event held in Geneva explored the role of trade in tra...
Enhancing the Dialogue: Private Sector Pre-Consultation – on the road to the 34th FAO European Regional Conference
15/04/2024
Brussels, 15 April – The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU), supported by the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, organized a pre-consultation with private sector representatives in Brussels ahead of the Forty-fourth session of the
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Ensuring Healthy Diets for Better Nutrition for all
17/04/2024
Ghent, 17 April - The need to expand partnerships to foster healthier diets and better global nutrition was the main message of an event jointly organized by FAO Brussels, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and Ghent University, at the Ghent University Museum.&nb...
FAO welcomes the celebration of the International Year of the Woman Farmer in 2026
02/05/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the resolution adopted today by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to declare 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer.
The resolution, which was proposed by the United States of America and...
FAO’s One Country One Priority Product initiative celebrates milestones and aims for scaled implementation
26/04/2024
The second meeting for the Steering Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the implementation of One Country One Priority Product
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FAO launches global 10-year initiative to reduce the need for antimicrobials for sustainable agrifood systems transformation
25/04/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today announced the launch of a new action-oriented, country-focused initiative to reduce the need for antimicrobials on farms, amid the growing threat posed by
FAO presents World Food Forum 2024
26/04/2024
Details surrounding the World Food Forum (WFF) 2024 including this year’s theme: “Good food for al...
Global Report on Food Crises: Acute hunger remains persistently high in 59 countries with 1 in 5 people assessed in need of critical urgent action
24/04/2024
JOINT EU/FAO/IFAD/UNHCR/UNICEF/WB/WFP NEWS RELEASE
Rome - According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) nearly 282 million people in 59 coun...
Gaza: FAO contributes to fighting malnutrition and starvation
05/04/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is delivering 150 tonnes, out of a total of 1500 tonnes, of animal fodder to 2 450 livestock-keeping households in the Gaza Strip to safeguard surviving animals and support local production of fresh nutritious food like mil...
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FAO and EU launch 15 million euro project to boost sustainability of Uganda’s forestry sector
10/04/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...