An estimated 931 million tonnes of food, or 17 percent of total food available to consumers in 2019, went into the waste bins of households, retailers, restaurants and other food...

Continuing the EU-FAO Strategic Dialogue technical sessions, the final EU-FAO technical webinar presented the EU's Farm to Fork Strategy, one of the key initiatives within the European Green Deal. The...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appealed for urgent aid to fight the humanitarian crisis in Yemen as UN agencies...

Stepping up their longstanding partnership, the European Union and FAO kicked off technical preparatory meetings in February for this year’s Strategic Dialogue. The Strategic Dialogue is a key process that...

More than 100 stakeholders from academia, governments, policymaking, the private sector, and civil society gathered today for the first independent Food Systems Summit Dialogue co-organized by the FAO Liaison Office in...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, met virtually with European Union (EU) Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives to FAO to discuss the...

More schoolchildren in Europe will soon have the opportunity to learn about the importance of reducing food waste. Thanks to the support of Member of the European Parliament and Member of...

While operations to control the Desert Locust in Western Africa, Iran and Pakistan have proven effective in calming the outbreak, new and persistent immature swarms are currently endangering Somalia, Kenya...

As a follow-up to the 10 December FAO Brussels Dialogue “Weathering COVID-19 in Small Island Developing States: a pathway to resilience”, FAO presented a report on the current impact of...

The EU and Republic of Honduras signed in Brussels a voluntary partnership agreement (VPA) on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU. The agreement will...

The European Commission voiced the EU’s continued commitment to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) during meetings held this month. The Treaty’s Secretariat held...

In collaboration with the Belgian Development Cooperation, FAO’s Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equity Division held the first in a series of five webinars, “Community Engagement for Empowerment: Key for...

Oyster harvesting in Senegal, fishing for sprat, sardines and lates in Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika, and the catching of seabob shrimp in Guyana. These were some of the fishing activities portrayed...

The European Commission, European Parliamentarians, Representatives from the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), farmer representative organization Copa-Cogeca, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), joined...

FAO and the Organisation for African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) held a series of meetings to discuss their strategic collaboration and possible joint activities in 2021. FAO Brussels Director...

The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels met with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council to discuss environmental issues. The Presidency has put...

The EU Platform on Food losses and Food Waste sub-group on food donation met virtually to discuss the recovery and redistribution of food during the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was...

Members of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed the first-ever Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition aiming to support countries and others in their efforts to eradicate all forms...

Members of the Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment  Section (NAT) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) joined the virtual discussions of the 47th session of World Committee...

The FAO Liaison Office and the UNDP Representation in Brussels met to look at ways to strengthen their long-standing partnership and how it can contribute to reinforce partnership with the...