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).

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...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Liaison Office in Brussels and the UN Environment Programme Brussels Office celebrated jointly this year’s International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. Participants included policymakers from European, national and regional levels, UN staff s,...

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...

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...

Thank you all for agreeing to talk with us about your experiences with the collaborative relationship between FAO and the Ghent University. It is very interesting to hear from you, Professor Carl Lachat, from you Giles Hanley Cook as PhD student, researcher and now working at FAO and from ...

A number of interactions by FAO experts took place in Brussels last month, both virtually and in-person.

Vincent Martin, Director of FAO's Office of Innovation, participated on 5 July at a panel debate with the title “New Genomic Techniques EU Proposal: legal framework and enforcement ch...

Juba – The cost of inaction in addressing South Sudan’s complex food, climate, and insecurity crises will be felt in the loss of lives, livelihoods and futures for millions of people across the young nation, the heads of three United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ...

Around 2000 participants from over 160 countries, including over 20 Heads of State and Government, will attend the UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment.

18 July - FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji presented a summary of the latest developments in the area of food and agriculture and shared some of the upcoming activities of the FAO Brussels office at the Council Working Party on International Food and Agricultural Questions (AGRIFAO).

12 July – The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, jointly published by five United Nations specialized agencies – FAO, IFAD, WFP, UNICE...

The UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) closed on Wednesday at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United N...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United N...

Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to the latest 

After re-electing QU Dongyu of China for a second term as Director-General of the Food and Ag...

During his mission to Brussels, FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero attended the Council Working Party on Development and International Partnerships (CODEV-PI) to present the global food security situation in a Session that also saw presentations by IFAD, the SUN Movement and WFP.

In his p...

Every month, our Liaison Office coordinates visits by FAO experts from around the world to Brussels and supports their interactions and contributions at events held by our partners. The June missions included:

A visit by Coordinator of the

High-level roundtables held on how to tackle water shortages and scarcity, as well as floods, during weeklong meeting of FAO’s highest governing body.

FAO’s Food Systems and Food Safety Division Director Corinna Hawkes visited Brussels for a round of meetings and to participate at a side-event titled “Urban food policies for a sustainable and just future” at the Br...

Agrifood systems are a major employer of both women and men. Globally, 36 percent of working women are employed in agrifood systems, along with 38 percent of working men, reveals The Status of Women in Agrifood Systems report