The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels organized a World Food Forum (WFF) satellite event in Brussels during the WFF Flagship Event Week. 

The event was held in partnership with

Under the theme "Water is life, water is food. Leave no one behind”, the photo exhibition in one of Brussels’ most central locations, just off the famous Grand Place, offers a captivating visual journey through FAO's work for water security in Africa.

The exhibition was organized on the oc...

The Aquarama Trade Fair and Conference on Water Technology, which took place in Leuven on 19 October, had about 1250 visitors visit 127 exhibitors presenting the latest in water technologies.

The Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Brussels Liaison Office, Raschad Al-Khaf...

The month of October saw a series of FAO experts participate in events in Brussels, covering a wide range of topics. These included:

Benjamin Davis, FAO Director of the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, participated virtually at the European Parliament's Commit...

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, the Coalition Against Hunger, a group of 20 Belgian NGOs,  hosted at the Belgian Federal Parliament a seminar under the theme “End Hunger: Mission Impossible? Why is the fight against hunger fa...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 “<...

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...

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.

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 

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...

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...

The second edition of the Science and Innovation Forum, a key constituent of the annual flagship World Food Forum, closed here on Fri...

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 ...

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...