The UN Brussels Green Deal Working Group co-chaired by UNEP and FAO offices in Brussels held this month a very constructive meeting with members of the Cabinet of Vice-President of...

The annual EU Green Week took place in October this year with the theme “A new beginning for people and nature.”  The week-long event opened in Portugal and closed virtually in...

What synergies are possible between the EU Farm to Fork Strategy and the FAO Framework for the Urban Food Agenda? This question was answered during the ICLEI Breakfast at Sustainability’s event in the framework of...

FAO’s Chief Economist, Máximo Torero, and the Director of Strategy, Simplification and Policy Analysis at the EU Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Tassos Hanniotis, participated in a discussion...

For the first time ever, an FAO delegation participated in an informal board meeting of the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA), the association of the twelve biggest global food...

Transforming cocoa production to improve women’s roles in Agri-Commodity Supply Chains. This was a key theme in a panel discussion hosted by LadyAgri and attended by FAO and partners with...

A high-level Ministerial Roundtable on the Central Sahel was co-organized by Denmark, Germany, the European Union and the United Nations which sought to identify solutions, new approaches, gather political momentum...

Event hosted under the auspices of the European Parliamentary Alliance highlights innovation, sustainability and transforming the cocoa value chain A double-celebration marking World Food Day and the 75th anniversary of the...

Lifting cocoa farmers from poverty, tackling child and forced labor, improving gender equality, ending deforestation, and empowering cocoa farmers’ organizations were some of the main points raised during the panel...

Promoting innovation and applying digital technologies in agri-food systems, as well as reducing food loss and waste, are vital to stepping up the fight against hunger and poverty. This was...

The first in what will be an annual gathering of European stakeholders interested in helping to shape the EU’s path towards sustainable food systems took place on 15-16 October as part...

Speakers shared insights on what resilience, sustainability, and innovation can bring to everyone’s life, even in times of crisis, at the World Food Day talks hosted by the FAO Regional...

In recent years, parliamentarians in Europe and other regions of the world have formed alliances to step up efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition globally, while making food systems more...

The Director of the FAO Liaison office in Brussels, Rodrigo de Lapuerta exchanged views with the newly established Working Group on Food Security of the Belgian House of Representatives in...

FAO Deputy Regional Representative for North Africa and Near East, Serge Nakuzi and Director of FAO’s Liaison Office in Brussels Rodrigo de Lapuerta met with Henrike Trautmann, acting Director Neighbourhood...

“A world without hunger is possible   – What must be done” was the title of the virtual event organized by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in...

Director of FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, Rodrigo de Lapuerta, and the Deputy Director of the FAO Office for Emergencies and Resilience, Daniele Donati, met with Andrea Koulaimah and Andreas Papaconstantinou, EU Directors in charge of...

Transformational change is urgently needed in the way we manage our forests and their biodiversity, as well in the way we produce and consume our foods and interact with nature....

FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta met with the OACPS Assistant Director General of the Department of Climate Action and Environment, Cristelle Pratt. A fruitful discussion was held on how...

Experts of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (GFCM) attended the 3rd Steering Group meeting of the Common Maritime Agenda (CMA) for the Black Sea,...