7 July 2022 FAO Senior Economist George Rapsomanikis was invited to talk about the challenges of food sufficiency during a hearing organized by the European Economic and Social Committee. Presenting the main...

The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets or SOCO is one of FAO’s most recently established flagship reports. Its first edition came out in 2004, when World Trade Organization (WTO) members...

06/07/2022 Rome/New York - The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19...

6 July 2022 – There was a dramatic worsening of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in 2021, with the number of people affected by hunger globally rising to 828 million,...

5 July 2022 – The Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium, Raschad Al-Khafaji presented his credentials to Pernilla Sjölin, the Acting Head of Protocol...

5 July 2022 – The potential of digitalization to improve efficiencies in the agrifood sector, to reduce its environmental footprint and to prevent crisis through early warning systems– these were...

  Why is the agri-food sector so important in the fight against child labour, and what comparative advantage can FAO bring? Benjamin Davis: According to the latest ILO-UNICEF global estimates,...

FAO’s Strategic Framework 2022-2031, the recently adopted Strategy on Science, Technology and Innovation, sustainable agricultural production methods, reduced pesticide use, improved soil health and the potential for carbon sequestration -...

Significant growth in aquaculture has driven global fisheries and aquaculture production to a record high as aquatic foods make an increasingly critical contribution to food security and nutrition in the...

The global agrifood sector faces fundamental challenges over the coming decade, particularly the need to feed an ever-increasing population in a sustainable manner, the impacts of the climate crisis and...

A robust and well-integrated global agrifood system can help all countries withstand unprecedented challenges, as evidenced during the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 when global agrifood markets proved to be...

Food security, food safety and food sustainability are intertwined and require the involvement of citizens, stakeholders and a broad coalition of the sciences. That was one of the key messages...

During her three-day mission to the Belgian capital, FAO Chief Scientist Ismahane Elouafi met Heads of the United Nations agencies in Brussels to discuss the new FAO Science and Innovation...

The European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition invited an FAO delegation, headed by Chief Scientist Ismahane Elouafi to present the Organization’s recently adopted Strategy for Science and Innovation at...

The Quadripartite partnership on One Health, which consists of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO)...

During FAO Chief Scientist Ismahane Elouafi’s recent mission to Brussels, the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels organized a scientific roundtable discussion together with the prestigious Egmont Institute. Titled “The Role...

FAO, the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) and the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) partnered to organize a virtual session on the role...

During her visit to Brussels, FAO Chief Scientist Ismahane Elouafi met World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Director General Monique Eloit. The Chief Scientist was accompanied by the Director of...

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today unveiled MedSea4Fish – an ambitious long-term programme that will serve...

FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji presented the FISH4ACP project to the ACP Working Party of the Council of the European Union. The Council Working Party was convened under the Presidency...