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BELGIUM 2025: SDG Forum
13/11/2025

The FAO side event at the SDG Forum Belgium explored how agribusiness incubation can unlock the transformative power of MSMEs in delivering on the Sustainable...

Brussels World Food Day and 80th anniversary - Manneken-Pis ceremony
14/10/2025

On 15 October 2025, the Manneken-Pis statue in Brussels was dressed as an FAO field expert to celebrate FAO’s 80th anniversary and World Food Day 2025...

Launch of the European Union Funded Project on New Aquatic Food Value Chains (NAVAC)
20/10/2025

FAO and the European Union (EU) have launched NOVAC, an initiative to increase access to safe and nutritious aquatic foods for vulnerable populations...

International Day of Plant Health 2025 Celebration in Brussels
11/05/2025

On the occasion of the International Day of Plant Health, the team of the FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium organized an intergenerational...

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Transforming agrifood systems through science and innovation - A Strategic Partnership with Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
18/11/2025

This publication highlights the strategic collaboration between FAO and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) to advance sustainable agrifood systems through science, innovation, and capacity development. It provides an overview of key activities and results achieved under the partnership, including joint research on consumer behavior and climate-smart agriculture, development of digital tools such as SEPAL and WaPOR for land and water monitoring, and others.

The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2025
14/11/2025

This biennial flagship report provides comprehensive evidence on the escalating impact of disasters on global agricultural systems, revealing losses of USD 3.26 trillion over the period 1991–2023. The 2025 edition introduces enhanced methodologies for assessing disaster impacts across crops, livestock, fisheries, and aquaculture subsectors, offering Member States robust data for evidence-based policymaking.

Food Outlook – Biannual report on global food markets
13/11/2025

Beyond the core market assessments for major food commodities, the November 2025 edition of the FAO Food Outlook report provides an update on the fertilizer market and recent developments in olive oil markets. The overview of market indicators summarizes trends in futures markets, ocean freight rates, the global food import bill, and food price indices.

Hunger Hotspots: FAO–WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity - November 2025 to May 2026 outlook
11/11/2025

This report warns that acute food insecurity could deepen across 16 countries and territories over the outlook period of November 2025 to May 2026, compared to the same time one year earlier. Six contexts are at “highest concern” – Sudan, Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank), South Sudan, Yemen, Mali, and Haiti – where populations already face or risk entering Catastrophe (IPC/CH Phase 5) conditions.

Update on scientific findings on the interactions between agriculture, food systems, and climate change
10/11/2025

This White Paper reports on the latest scientific findings related to agriculture, food systems, and climate change. It builds on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Land and the contributions of Working Groups II and III to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2019, 2022a, 2022b)

The State of Food and Agriculture 2025
03/11/2025

The 2025 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture explores the theme “Addressing land degradation across landholding scales”. It examines the implications of human-induced land degradation for agricultural production, producers of all scales, and vulnerable populations.