City and local efforts against food loss and food waste debated at event in Valencia
03/10/2023
The City of Valencia hosted productive dialogue on “Urban public policies against food loss and waste” during a conference co-organized b...
On World Food Day, a discussion on the global fight against hunger at the Belgian Federal Parliament
16/10/2023
Adapting agriculture to water scarcity: Academic Seminar at Louvain University to commemorate World Food Day
19/10/2023
FAO Brussels participated and moderated an academic seminar organized by UC Louvain on the occasion of World Food Day 2023.
FAO Brussels welcomed the participants together with Marnik Vanclooster, Head of the Earth and Life Institute at UCLouvain and UNESCO's Europe Director Louise...
Blue Transformation gains momentum. FAO Assistant Director-General visits Brussels
10/10/2023
Blue transformation outlines a vision to expand aquatic food systems and increase their contribution to nutritious and affordable healthy diets. Leaving no one behind. This was one of the main messages conveyed to FAO’s partners by Manuel Barange, FAO Assistant Director-General and Director of...
World Food Week: transformative partnerships for our agrifood systems take center stage at SDG Forum Brussels
19/10/2023
With only seven agricultural seasons left before 2030, time is running out. If we want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we must act together and act decisively, now.
In the framework of FAO’s privileged partnership with Belgium, FAO Brussels Director Raschad
Al-Khafaji...
Water is life. Water is Food. Leave no one behind. World Food Day 2023 commemoration in Brussels
16/10/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels marked World Food Day together with partners, colleagues and friends of FAO on 16 October during a commemoration that took place in the Royal Museum of Natural History in Brussels.
With the participation of more than 110 guests, and with colleagues conn...
FAO’s work on gender presented this World Food Week to partners at the Belgian Platform for Agriculture and Food Security
18/10/2023
Gender-transformative approaches are cost-effective in transforming agrifood systems. Closing the gender gap in land tenure has benefits on employment, investment, natural resource management, access to services, resilience, and food security. This is one of the main takeaways of the report “<...
World Food Day: Global ceremony highlights water’s role against troubled backdrop
16/10/2023
The global ceremony marking this year’s World Food Day 2023 took place here today, against a backdrop of increasing world hunger and conflicts. In parti...
FAO and IAEA join forces to support Atoms4Food
18/10/2023
To bolster a full-spectrum response to the global need to achieve sustainable agrifood systems, the heads of two United Nations agencies announced a new initiative called Atoms4Food to offer Member countries assistance in strategic planning, increasing food production and food safety.
First-ever global estimation of the impact of disasters on agriculture
13/10/2023
Over the last 30 years, an estimated $3.8 trillion worth of crops and livestock production has been lost due to disaster events, corresponding to an average loss of $123 billion per year or 5 percent of annual global agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), according to
World Food Forum: Strong momentum as Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum opens
17/10/2023
The second Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum began today, intent on quadrupling the more than $3 billion in fresh resources proposed in the inaugural event in 2022 to invest in poverty reduction, improved food security and sus...
Junior World Food Day: a diverse group of Food Heroes inspire young people to value water
19/10/2023
Some of them create delicious foods or vibrant gardens, some raise people’s awareness of the crucial issues we face through their advocacy or through sport or music. Special guests, including Food Heroes, influencers and innovators gathered at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organ...
World Food Forum: Forward-looking Science and Innovation Forum wraps up with actions targeting the climate crisis
20/10/2023
The second edition of the Science and Innovation Forum, a key constituent of the annual flagship World Food Forum, closed here on Fri...
World Food Forum 2023 flagship event concludes with enhanced commitments to transform agrifood systems
20/10/2023
The third annual World Food Forum flagship event hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has drawn to a successful close, with attendees from across the world celebrating a ...
World Food Forum: Young entrepreneurs harness the power of technology to drive agrifood systems transformation
19/10/2023
The finalists of the World Food Forum’s global startup competition, pitched their ventures centering on ways to create sustainable agrifood systems, at the Startup Innovat...
FAO Emergency and Resilience Director addresses Council of the EU on anticipatory actions
06/09/2023
Upon invitation by the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, FAO’s Director for Emergencies and Resilience Rein Paulsen presented the critical situation of global food insecurity and FAO's work on anticipatory action (AA) to the Working Party on Humanitarian Aid and Food Aid (COHAFA).
Swedish Presidency Highlights Importance of FAO-EU Partnership for Sustainable Food Future
27/09/2023
During the first semester of 2023, FAO and the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council demonstrated an excellent collaboration through joint events and actions that highlighted the strength of the FAO-EU partnership.
FAO contributed to different sessions of EU Council Working Parties led by...
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2023- For the People! For the Planet!
29/09/2023
FAO engagements in Brussels September 2023: engaging with partners and sharing expertise
08/09/2023
The Director of FAO's Office of Statistics, José Alejandro Rosero Moncayo, participated at a public hearing on “Sustainable agriculture: past, present and future – the role of data and indicators’’, organised by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural development and the Committee on Environmen...
FAO at the Belgian SDG Forum
07/09/2023
On 19 October, this year’s edition of the Belgian SDG Forum will take place in Brussels.
It is the first multistakeholder forum dedicated to the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 in the Benelux. Initia...