Speaking at the event the FAO Director-General described the initiative as "a unique opportunity to raise global awareness". He noted that the COVID-19 pandemic had challenged people to find new ways of fighting hunger and malnutrition and said IYFV would highlight the role of digital technologies in improving nutrition and market opportunities.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)  launched a new tool to help food business operators decide when to apply the ‘use by’ or ‘best before’ date to their products.

EFSA has developed a tool to help food business operators decide when to apply the ‘use by’ or ‘best before’ dat...

In his address to the 165th Session of the FAO Council today, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, made a comprehensive report on the UN agency's work and engagement in the past 16 months, updating the Council on important activi...

The Agritechnica Asia and Horti Asia digital talk about Post-Harvest Losses, which took place in late November, addressed the avoidance of losses by improved process management and handling of crops as well as opportunities to fund collaborative projects to introduce new technologies.

FAO hosted a discussion on the importance of reducing food loss and waste featuring the award-winning journalist Dan Saladino, FAO’s Chief Economist Máximo Torero, author and activist Tris...