Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels Raschad Al-Khafaji interacted with a range of partners from Belgium’s academic sector during a series of visits to Belgian academic institutions in...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today made an urgent call for the transformation of agrifood systems, to make them more...

FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission Secretary Tom Heilandt was invited to intervene at an event organized by the European Food Forum under the title “The journey towards a harmonized front-of-pack labelling...

Working to safeguard the food security and livelihoods of vulnerable rural families in Ukraine, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has distributed seed potato kits to...

The European Parliament Committee on Agriculture invited FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero to speak on the impacts of the war in Ukraine on global food markets. Torero stated that the war...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today received an award of excellence for a digital tool that helps to analyze and compare data on food and...

During his visit in Poland, to participate in the 33rd Regional Conference for Europe, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today held discussions with European Union Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski.The main...

Ministers and high-level representatives from across Europe and Central Asia met today at the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC33) to discuss not only the implications of the war in...

The Belgian Federal Parliament’s Chamber of Representatives (La Chambre) invited FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji to present the Organization’s latest data and analyses related to the war in Ukraine and...

“Trees, forests and sustainable forestry can help the world recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and combat looming environmental crises such as climate change and biodiversity loss.” That is one of...

World food commodity prices decreased in April after a large jump the previous month, led by modest declines in the prices of vegetable oils and cereals, the Food and Agriculture...

The number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livelihood support continues to grow at an alarming rate. This makes it more urgent than...

With the world facing multiple crises including, COVID-19, conflicts, climate crisis and biodiversity loss, our forests can help us recover from their impact, but only if we step up action...

Both within and beyond agrifood systems, the landscape of science and innovation is continuously evolving and ushering in new opportunities for achieving the SDGs. A wide range of approaches, technologies...

FAO in Geneva Nutrition Dialogue Series launched in high-level eventThe FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and the FAO Food and Nutrition Division launched today a Nutrition Dialogue Series in collaboration...

Through transfers of capital, skills and know-how, migrants and diaspora communities actively contribute to home and destination countries’ economic growth, spurring economic diversification and job creation in the agrifood sector....

The Eurocean’s Youth network,  invited FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji to present the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022 and FAO’s role in managing fisheries and aquaculture sustainably....

Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the recently established Office of Sustainable Development Goals at FAO, was invited by the United Nations Agencies in Brussels to give a presentation on the follow-up...

Over the last five years, the number of people experiencing acute hunger and requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance has been consistently above 100 million, according to the annual...

Some $115.4 million are urgently needed to prevent a further deterioration of the food insecurity situation and worsening of the disruption of food supply chains in Ukraine. There is urgency...