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05/12/2023

The European Commission's Research Executive Agency (REA) organized a conference on "Food 2030: green and resilient food systems" in Brussels to highlight the accomplishments of initiatives connected to EU food systems and to examine future research and innovation directions.  

04/12/2023

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu led a delegation during the first high-level segment of the UN Climate Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, carrying the message of agrifood systems as the linchpin to climate solutions.

From addressing Heads of State and Government at the World...

01/12/2023

Throughout the month of November, FAO experts participated in key events in Brussels, contributing to discussions on vital topics related to climate change, agriculture, and sustainable agrifood systems.

Rosa Rolle, FAO's Senior Enterprise Development Officer, participated at the 14th me...

01/12/2023

Agrifood systems are facing an escalating threat from climate change-induced loss and damage, and actions – including increasing financing— must be taken to address their vulnerabilities, according to a new...

01/12/2023

Food security and climate change are interlinked and global agrifood systems are the climate solution, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, told Heads of State and Government reunited at the 

29/11/2023

Since 2007, the Regional Government of Flanders (Belgium) and Malawi have been working together in the agricultural field, with FAO involved as an implementing partner.

The latest Country Strategy Paper for the Flanders-Malawi Cooperation for 2024-2028 was launched in early Novembe...

29/11/2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched today its annual Statistical Yearbook, covering the latest trends in the world’s agrifood systems and highlighting for t...

27/11/2023

As the world grapples with the urgency of climate action, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will highlight at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference COP28 the unique potential of agrifoo...

27/11/2023

The global food standards body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission began...

24/11/2023

The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels paid tribute to FAO’s Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) flagship initiative with an in-person event to celebrate the achievements of the programme and its crucial role in preserving traditional agricultural systems and revitalizing...

24/11/2023

Olive production dates back thousands of years and continues to play a vital role in Tunisia's economy to this day, with olive groves covering about a third of the North African country's arable land. However, while Tunisia ranks third among the top exporters of olive oil in the world, most of...

20/11/2023

As the world gears up for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in a year with soaring temperatures and progressive extreme weather events, attention is turning towards innovative solutions to address th...

20/11/2023

The role of seeds in addressing global challenges, such as loss of biodiversity and climate change, and the need for greater variety in the world’s “food basket” of key crops has come into sharp focus amid multiple crises and will be at the core of discussions as the governing body of the trea...

20/11/2023

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global threat of increasing concern to human and animal health. It also has implications for food safety, food security, and the economic well-being of millions of farming households.

In time for the World AMR Awareness Week, discover how FAO is ...

20/11/2023

Fighting global hunger requires greater and better investments in science, technology and innovation to ensure that our agrifood systems are able to produce more with less while leaving no one behind, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) tol...

20/11/2023

FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji participated in an exchange of views with CEJA’s young farmers on the state of play of global agrifood systems and ways to transform them. 

17/11/2023

FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji and World Food Forum (WFF) Head of Youth Action and Policy, Pramisha Thapaliya, participated in the Joint meeting of the Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO) and Permanent Study Group on Sustainable Food Systems (PSG) entitled “Sustainable foo...

16/11/2023

Building momentum toward greater investment in Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) in Asia - involving both public and private sectors - is critical to meeting the challenges of climate change and securing millions of livelihoods across the region, an FLR investment forum heard today.

15/11/2023
Following the outbreak of conflict in Sudan in April 2023, plunging nearly half the population into a humanitarian crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) distributed nearly 10,000 tonnes of seeds to 1 million farming households – or 5 million people – in time fo...