On 7 March 2023, the Executive Director of the National Institute of Student Welfare (INABIE) of the Dominican Republic, Mr Victor Castro, accompanied by a delegation from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), submitted a bill...

At a time of accelerating change and increasing pressures on rural livelihoods, achieving substantive equality between women and men has never been so imperative. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) has on several occasions reminded States...

Source: FAO Liaison Office in Brussels website Blaise you are Chief of the Development Law service at FAO. But I suspect you don’t really do typical lawyer work. Can you tell us what exactly your service does? The Development Law Service is like...

In 2020, at the initiative of the Parliamentary Front Against Hunger of Ecuador, with the support of the Youth Parliamentary Front Against Hunger of Ecuador, and with FAO’s technical assistance, the Ecuador National Assembly adopted a Law on School Feeding...

Source: Brussels in Brief - January 2023 / Issue #56 Legislative frameworks play a crucial role in fostering transformative change towards sustainable agrifood systems. This was the main message delivered by FAO’s Blaise Kuemlangan during a meeting of the Natural Resources Commission...