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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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Hunger Hotspots - FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity - August to November 2021 Outlook
30/07/2021

The August to November edition of the Hunger Hotspots report provides the results of a joint FAO-WFP early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots, highlights countries that are at risk of significant food security deterioration, and in particular acute hunger and associated malnutrition. The analysis takes into account all major drivers of food insecurity. It provides a forward-looking perspective, outlining the likely evolution of impacts over the next four-month or so months aiming to inform urgent action to safeguard food security of the most vulnerable communities in these locations.

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
12/07/2021

Between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020. Considering the middle of the projected range (768 million), around 118 million more people were facing hunger in 2020 than in 2019. Around 660 million people may still face hunger in 2030, in part due to lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on global food security – 30 million more people than in a scenario in which the pandemic had not occurred

FAO + European Union: Investing in a sustainable and food secure future
06/05/2021

In 1991, the European Union (EU) became the 161st Member of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), marking an institutional breakthrough: it was the first time that FAO welcomed a Member Organization. The EU–FAO partnership has since been sound and growing, as evidenced by the upward trend of the EU’s voluntary contributions1 in recent years. This has enabled FAO to work extensively across the globe and in those regions where assistance is most needed.

Global Report on Food Crises 2021
05/05/2021

The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) - an international alliance of the UN, the EU, governmental and non-governmental agencies working to tackle food crises together - has found.

The State of Food and Agriculture 2020: Overcoming water challenges in agriculture
26/11/2020

The State of Food and Agriculture 2020 presents new estimates on the pervasiveness of water scarcity in irrigated agriculture and of water shortages in rainfed agriculture, as well as on the number of people affected. It finds major differences across countries, and also substantial spatial variation within countries. This evidence informs a discussion of how countries may determine appropriate policies and interventions, depending on the nature and magnitude of the problem, but also on other factors such as the type of agricultural production system and countries’ level of development and their political structures. Based on this, the publication provides guidance on how countries can prioritize policies and interventions to overcome water constraints in agriculture, while ensuring efficient, sustainable and equitable access to water.

FAO-WFP Early warning analysis of acute food insecurity hotspots
30/10/2020

The report raises an early warning on 20 countries and situations that are likely to face further deterioration of acute food insecurity over the next three to six months. Projections are based on the analysis of a multiplicity of interlinked drivers, including economic shocks, adverse climate conditions and weather shocks, conflict and insecurity, political instability, diffusion of plant pests and animal diseases, and the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19.