“We must use existing biological resources more efficiently, and waste less, instead of relying on finite fossil-based resources”, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, told a high-level event held at the UN General Assembly to co...

By FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo

The world isn’t heading for a water crisis. It’s already in one. In many places, water withdrawals exceed recharge rates. Climate change is causing droughts and floods all over the globe. Water bodies that support vital ...

The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels marked World Food Day together with partners, colleagues and friends of FAO on 14 October. The event, which was co-hosted by the Liaison Office...

Ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference  and following the 2nd WASAG (The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture) International Forum, the Director of the Land and Water Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Li Lifeng, talks about one of the most pressing ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed a €25 million contribution from the Government of Germany to provide access to food and other basic goods and services while protecting and restoring productive livelihoods in drought-affected communities in Ethiopia,...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) called for innovative drought financing mechanisms to help deal with the rising frequency and severity of drought events amid intensifying climate extremes that often damage fragile communities the most.

"The lack of adequ...

The vital role forests play to ensure environmental health and healthy societies came under the spotlight today at a global event which brought together ministers, experts and youth activists to mark In...

Take a look at our forests from two different vantage points. Along the way, you’ll get some fascinating insights into the valuable role they play in our lives.

The international symposium on “Inland Fisheries and aquaculture: advances in technology, stock assessment and citizen science in an era of climate change” was organized in conjunction with the thirty-first session of the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission in Killarney,...

One of the major fisheries and aquaculture development programs implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has highlighted considerable potential for enhancing these sectors in Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, the United Republic of Tanzania, Guyana and the Marshall I...

Camilla, thank you so much for accepting to do this interview. You are the Director of the UN in Brussels since September 2021. Could you tell us a bit more...

FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji paid a series of courtesy visits to Ambassadors of Member States in Brussels and Paris, during which the potential of a strengthened and fruitful collaboration...

On the 20th of November, the FAO Liaison office to the European Union and Belgium (FAOLOB) and the World Food Programme (WFP) co-organized in cooperation with the European Parliamentary Alliance...

On the 20th of March, the European Parliamentary Alliance on the Fight Against Hunger, MEP Maria Heubuch and the FAO’s Liaison Office to the European Union and Belgium (FAOLOB) cohosted...

FAO and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Benedek Jávor, together with MEPs Heidi Hautala, José Inácio Faria, Jo Leinen and Sirpa Pietikäinen organized on 7 February the High-level conference...

With great interest and valuable contributions on the high social, economic and environmental cost of food waste, representatives from the European Commission, EU Member States, international organizations, civil society and...

On 25 February, the government of Flanders opened a diplomatic post in Rome with the aim of strengthening the current cooperation with the Italian Government and the three Rome-based agencies....