FAO and the Baha’i International Community Brussels Office (BIC Brussels) co-hosted a policy discussion on “From Village to City, and Beyond: Migration and rural transformation in the Africa Europe Partnership”....

FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero Cullen and FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta met virtually with Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) Head of Unit for Bioeconomy and Food...

The 34th session of FAO's Committee on Fisheries (COFI34) ended its week-long meeting on Friday with its Members endorsing the first-ever Declaration for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture, urging stronger action to combat illegal, unreported...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a €40 million contribution from Germany to help farmers and fishers withstand threats like COVID-19 and extreme climate...

FAO and the French Development Agency (AFD) today launched a new 3.5 million Euro project to improve sustainable wildlife management and food security in the world's largest terrestrial transfrontier conservation...

FAO and the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which took office on 1 January, have been working to establish a relationship of close collaboration, planning together...

FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta took part in the roundtable “A Stronger Europe in the World: Major Challenges for EU Trade Policy,” at the invitation of the American European...

The EU and FAO interact in nearly all areas of FAO’s mandate. Thematically, this includes work on food security, agriculture, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture, forestry, food safety, food crises and...

The use of territorial approaches to promote sustainable food systems and strong governance was one of the main topics covered in a discussion organized by the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels...

 FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today addressed the Agriculture Ministers' Conference in Berlin underscoring the importance, in the wake of COVID-19, of continued global cooperation to find new ways to strengthen the sustainability...

FAO Brussels and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Office for Europe met to discuss a roadmap of joint events, campaigns and opportunities for collaboration in 2021. The Head of...

The European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, with the support of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, and the President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, today agreed to step up joint...

A locust fighting force assembled by countries in East Africa to combat an invasion of the crop-devouring pest is at risk of seeing its activities grind to a halt as funding to...

The European Green Deal and its Farm to Fork Strategy aspire to reduce the use of pesticides in the European Union by 50 percent by 2030.  The sustainable use of...

Innovative solutions in agri-food systems helped households and countries contain disruptions in food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more will be required to "build back better and build...

The FAO Global Soil Partnership hosted a webinar on soil governance and launched the new FAO global database SoiLEX. The SoilLEX database provides a global collection of up-to-date national legislation on...

FAO Director for Emergencies and Resilience, Dominique Burgeon and FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta met with Belgian Director for Humanitarian Aid Transition, Erik de Maeyer and his team. Together,...

Globally, the number of outbreaks of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), also known as sheep and goat plague, fell by two-thirds in recent years, showing the commitment of the international...

January saw the launch of the new version of the FAO Ex-Ante Carbon Balance tool, EX-ACT. The tool allows users to estimate and track the impact on greenhouse gas emissions...