The “Africa Europe Days”, organized by Friends of Europe and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation together with a consortium of partners, presented a programme of virtual dialogues from 2-9 December. On...

The equity and efficiency of the world's agri-food systems could benefit enormously from digital technologies, and making sure that happens requires coordinated and inclusive promotion of innovative techniques and a...

The European Parliament Intergroup on “Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Development” organized an event on “Forecasting fish distribution and abundance in the Atlantic Ocean: The challenge of balancing exploitation and...

The virtual ‘Future of Food’ Conference was organized by EIT Food gathering more than 350 delegates, including EU policymakers and other key stakeholders active in agrifood research, innovation and education, along...

Project Coordinator of the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme, Hubert Boulet, presented the programme at the Organisation of African, Caribbean and (OACPS) Subcommittee on Sustainable Development meeting chaired by the...

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, participated today for the first time at a session of the Development Committee of the...

FAO’s Team Leader on Early Warning Early Action, Dunja Dujanovic, briefed EU Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) partners on Anticipatory Action corporate work within...

The Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) and Food Tank organized a lively discussion on themes pertainign among others to sustainable food systems and the European Union’s Farm to...

The FAO Brussels office met with His Excellency Mehmet Kemal Bozay, the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the European Union and his team to discuss the extensive collaboration...

During the month of November, the FAO Brussels Office and the FAO Resource Mobilization and Private Sector Partnerships Division held a series of dialogues with FAO regional, sub-regional and country...

More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high levels of water shortages and scarcity, and almost half of them face severe constraints. Furthermore, available...

FAO Chief EconomistMáximo Torero joined other speakers in the virtual conference on the transition towards sustainability and climate mitigation hosted by EURACTIV and supported by the Joint Programming Initiative on...

FAO Brussels welcomed more than 250 participants and 600 viewers via live stream to the fifth Brussels Dialogue on rural youth employment in Africa. High-level government representatives and technical experts...

Since its endorsement in 2014, the Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) indicator has come a long way. FAO, together with the European Commission and the German Agency for Development...

Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of the Belgians joined Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and other high-level speakers at the Special FAO Seminar on Food and Nutrition in calling...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO), together form the Tripartite on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The Tripartite, in...

FAO Senior Statistician Carola Fabi presented the organization’s work on big data at an expert session during the FIT4FOOD2030 final conference. Ms Fabi explained that the FAO Data Lab, part...

Agricultural practices play an important role in efforts to reduce the use of antimicrobials in both animals and humans and avoid the spread of drug-resistant infections. In observance of World...

QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, called on G20 members to address the impacts of COVID-19 on agri-food systems by boosting farmers productivity,...

Achieving gender parity in all spheres of life was the main topic of a virtual event attended by FAO Director for Partnerships and UN collaboration, Marcela Villarreal, and Member of...