FAO at the European Humanitarian Forum 2022
21/03/2023
The European Humanitarian Forum brought together policymakers and international humanitarian partners to discuss humanitarian policy and strategy from a Team Europe perspective. The Forum was organized by the European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Huma...
FAO Brussels Director meets the Ambassador of the Solomon Islands
10/03/2023
On the occasion of the Pacific Week of Agriculture in Fiji, held from 6-10 March 2023, with this year had the theme "Growing Together: Transforming Pacific Agriculture and Forestry”, FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji paid a courtesy visit to H.E. Ambassador Moses Kouni Mose o...
International Women’s Day 2023 - DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality
08/03/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels and the FAO Regional Office for Africa celebrated jointly this year’s International Women’s Da...
Science - policy interface: Inland fisheries and aquaculture advice for FAO members in Europe
20/03/2023
FAO’s European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) held an international symposium on “Inland Fisheries and aquaculture: advances in technology, stock assessment and citizen science in an era of climate change” in Ireland in June 2022. The proceedings of the symp...
Presentation of FAO’s flagship report “The Future of food and agriculture” in Brussels
23/03/2023
FAO Brussels and Ghent University organized a presentation of the flagship FAO report “Future of Food and Agriculture: Drivers and Triggers for Transformation” by the report's lead author FAO Senior Economist Lorenzo Bellù to some 80 master’s and doctorate degree programme students as wel...
FAO’s Green Cities Initiative as a pathway for agrifood systems transformation presented to EU stakeholders
10/03/2023
FAO Brussels presented the Green Cities Initiative during a dedicated FAO Brussels Briefing this month. The Initiative launched in 2020 aims at improving the livelihoods and well-be...
“Feeding citizens and fostering sustainable agriculture: A discussion on climate resilient food systems”
20/03/2023
The Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels Raschad Al-Khafaji was invited to participate in a panel debate on sustainable agriculture and climate resilient agrifood systems at the European Parliament.
The event organized by the Australian Mission to th...
Introducing students to FAO at the JAGROS day in Gembloux
15/03/2023
FAO Brussels participated at this year's edition of the JAGROS day held at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (GxABT), a faculty of the University of Liège. In two workshops, Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director of the Liaison Office in Brussels, presented FAO’s mandate, strategic framework and main initiatives.<...
The power of collaboration: bringing FAO global expertise to Brussels
31/03/2023
Various missions took place in the month of March. Colleagues from headquarters met with our partners in European Union institutions and bodies and the Belgian government.
Osama El-Lissy, Secretary of the
FAO Brussels Director visits the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering of KU Leuven
30/03/2023
FAO Brussels Director, Raschad Al-Khafaji, was invited by the dean of the Faculty of Bioscience engineering of KU Leuven, Professor Jos Van Orshoven to present FAO’s work to students and faculty. The ...
On first-ever International Day of Zero Waste, FAO puts the spotlight on bioeconomy
30/03/2023
“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...
To transform agrifood systems, we must implement climate change and biodiversity agendas in tandem
09/03/2023
The world is in a water crisis. Agriculture can lead the way out of it
22/03/2023
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 ...
Leave NO ONE behind: World Food Day 2022 in Brussels
14/10/2022
“Water scarcity means less water for agriculture production which in turn means less food available, threatening food security and nutrition”
21/03/2023
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 ...
Eastern Africa drought: FAO welcomes a €25 million contribution from Germany to improve access to food and boost rural livelihoods in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and the Sudan
22/03/2023
UN 2023 Water Conference: FAO calls for responsive and innovative drought financing mechanisms
23/03/2023
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...
International Day of Forests 2023 global event highlights importance of forests for environmental and human health
20/03/2023
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...
Exploring our Forests: See the world’s forests in a new light
21/03/2023
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.
