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FAO Council begins, Members discuss the Organization’s Programme of Work and Budget 2024-25
24/04/2023
FAO Deputy Director General Maria Helena Semedo presents FAO’s work on cities
20/04/2023
Together with partners, FAO’s Urban Food Agenda helps cities and local governments promote multi-level food governance and the institutionalization of their food strategies as critical part of agrifood systems transformation.
This was one of the main messages ...
Fourth SIDS Solutions Dialogue: Outcomes of UNFCCC COP27 and their implications for Small Island Developing States
18/04/2023
The SIDS Solutions Dialogues series is co-organized by the FAO Liaison Offices in Geneva, Brussels and New York, and the FAO Office for Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries. The fourth event of the series focused on the outcomes of the recent United Nations Framew...
Collaboration between FAO and UNIDO helps generate investment in agrifood systems, where most needed
18/04/2023
Representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) visited Brussels to introduce the Agrifood Systems Transformation Accelerator (ASTA) programme to several Directorates-General of the European Commission.&nb...
FAO Chief Economist presents the Hand-in-Hand Initiative to OACPS Members in Brussels
17/04/2023
FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero presented the Hand-in-Hand Initiative to the Me...
Attention to livelihoods in emergencies is the most effective and dignified response that we can possibly mount: FAO Emergencies Chief
17/04/2023
The COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and conflicts have created significant food security challenges worldwide in the past years. Currently, millions of people around the world need urgent support in over 45 countries.
But just providin...
FAO work on pollinators feeds into EU opinion consultations
17/04/2023
FAO’s longstanding expertise in supporting the protection of pollinators was discussed during a meeting of the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment (NAT) section.
The EESC is in the process of drafting ...
Foresight practitioners and researchers can learn from the past
14/04/2023
How can historical insights improve foresight planning for agrifood systems transformation? That was the central question of an International Workshop, jointly organized by FAO and the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS), with the title “Re-imagining...
Millets: Forgotten then found
14/04/2023
Millets: Rich in Heritage, Full of Potential - also in Belgium
13/04/2023
Millets are promoted as a drought resistant, healthy cereal in many countries around the world. But could they also be grown and consumed in the Belgian context?
This was the question that the participants of the roundtable discussion organized by the
Women’s equality in agrifood systems could boost the global economy by $1 trillion, reduce food insecurity by 45 million: new FAO report
13/04/2023
Tackling gender inequalities in agrifood systems and empowering women reduces hunger, boosts the economy, and reinforces resilience to shocks like climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, reveals a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Food Systems Stocktaking Moment presentation in Brussels
11/04/2023
Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the UNFSS Coordination Hub briefed the Council’s Working Party for International Food and Agriculture Questions (AGRIFAO) on the upcoming UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment
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
Interview with FAO Representative in Lebanon, Nora Ourabah Haddad
31/03/2023
Nora, you are the FAO Representative (FAOR) in Lebanon, and before that, you were the Organization’s Representative in the Sultanate of Oman. Can you tell us a bit more about the job of an FAO Representative?
I had the privilege ...
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...
Science and innovation for agrifood systems transformation
30/03/2023
Upon invitation by the Permanent Representation of Denmark to the European Union, FAO Brussels participated at an interactive panel discussion with the title “How can the EU better integrate science and innovation to ensure the sustainable transformation of our agri-food system?”&nb...
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FAO Director of Partnerships and UN Collaboration discusses Global Parliamentary Summit preparations in Brussels
30/03/2023
In preparation for the upcoming Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition, FAO Director for partnerships and UN collaboration Marcela Villarreal held a series of meetings with Members of the European Parliament and of the European Parliamentary Alliance against Hu...
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 ...
Let’s talk Ecosystems! A new podcast series is launched.
29/03/2023
Within the framework of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030), FAO and the UNEP Europe Office launched the Let’s Talk Ecosystems Podcast.
The 10 episode Podcast...
FAO Director-General meets European Commissioner for International Partnerships
28/03/2023
The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, met at FAO headquarters in Rome with H.E. Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships.
The pair discussed the importance of the EU FAO partnership. The cooperation spans a wide range of areas around agrifood systems transfor...