The world is facing unprecedented challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the immediate global priority is to tackle this public health emergency, our long-term response must address the disruption...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Olivér Várhelyi, European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Environment (NEAR), today and emphasized the importance of ongoing cooperative support for countries in the EU’s...

The invisible pandemic: hunger in times of covid-19.We must act now so that this invisible pandemic does not advance any further. Otherwise, the numbers of hunger and malnutrition will increase....

FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and the European Union Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, today discussed ways to strengthen collaboration on a number of issues, including the prevention...

On June 5, we celebrate World Environment Day, while the world is going through an unprecedented crisis. Biodiversity and the environment are threatened. Could you give us in two sentences...

Janusz Wojciechowski, the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture and FAO Director-GeneralQU Dongyu renewed their commitment today to work together to make agriculture more innovative and environmentally friendly, with the aim...

As COVID-19 increasingly affects people and livelihoods in Africa, urgent solutions to ensure food security and build resilience in Africa were discussed during the second FAO Brussels virtual dialogue. Over...

World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row during April, as the economic and logistical impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant contractions in demand...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu held virtual talks today with Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships. Both parties agreed to step up joint efforts to support the fight against hunger...

Members of Parliament from Latin America and Europe  held a virtual meeting today on ways to strengthen cooperation on hunger and malnutrition, especially in light of the added suffering caused...

Tackling both immediate and future needs is the key to truly sustainable development, even amid emergency situations like the COVID-19 pandemic. FAO’s Deputy Director-General (Programmes) Beth Bechdol, met with Marjeta...

Task Force members included the European Union, the African Development Bank, the World Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme(WFP) and the African Union Development...

In an online discussion with Janez Lenarčič, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu thanked the EU for its unwavering and solid support of FAO’s work –...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu held virtual talk with Phil Hogan, the European Commissioner for Trade. Both parties stressed their full agreement on the importance of keeping food supply chains open...

Over 400 participants tuned in to the first edition of the FAO Brussels Dialogues. This is a new series launched by the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels to share FAO’s...

The 2020 edition of the annual report of the Global Network against Food Crises, The Global Report on Food Crises, provides an analysis of the drivers that are contributing to...

Mr Paolo De Castro is a Member of the European Parliament, Member of the European Parliament’s Committee of Agriculture and Rural Development and Member of the European Parliamentary Alliance against...

Starting in early 2020, the global Desert Locust situation deteriorated as favourable climatic conditions allowed widespread breeding of the pest in East Africa, Southwest Asia and the area around the...

Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade and markets: Joint Statement by QU Dongyu, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Roberto Azevedo, Directors-General of FAO, WHO and WTO

The partnership between the European Union and FAO is strong and driven by a common vision and goals, as evidenced by their ongoing strategic dialogue and focus on eradicating extreme...