FAO-EU Collaboration
Restoring land as part of the Great Green Wall of Africa protects communities against desertification
5 Dec 2025 – A group of eight women sit together in a circle, their crossed legs enveloped in the vibrant colours of their traditional cotton dresses. They sit on the dirt ground next to a tent for relaxing, but the women don’t seem to have time to use it. (Complete article)
Georgian Hazelnut Producers Benefit from Continued Capacity-Building Opportunities
25 March – Over 100 small and medium-scale producers from Georgia’s hazelnut sector strengthened their capacities in integrated orchard management through a targeted training programme implemented in Zugdidi and Telavi. (Complete article)
FAO supports livestock breeders in Southern Iraq amid harsh climate conditions affecting marshlands
7 April – Across southern Iraq, climate pressures continue to affect rural communities, with years of drought and harsh environmental conditions placing increasing strain on vulnerable livestock breeders and threatening livelihoods and food security. (Complete article)
FAO-Belgium Collaboration
FAO underscores urgent need to close agrifood systems financing gap at the 2026 Forum for the Future of Agriculture
14 April – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) highlighted the urgent need for increased and better-targeted investment in agrifood systems transformation during the 2026 Forum for the Future of Agriculture, held in Brussels under the theme “Rebooting the food system.” (Complete article)
Bundesbäuerinnentag 2026: FAO Highlights the Global Role of Women Farmers at Austria’s Federal Women Farmers’ Day
16 April – The event brought together more than 800 women farmers, policymakers and international partners under the motto “regionally rooted, internationally connected” and placed women farmers firmly at the centre of discussions on the future of agrifood systems, in line with the United Nations International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026. (Complete article)
Business voices take centre stage ahead of FAO Regional Conference for Europe
23 April – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the European Dairy Association, held a private-sector dialogue in Brussels, gathering European Union-based companies, industry associations, financial institutions and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to shape private-sector inputs for FAO’s upcoming Thirty-fifth Session of the Regional Conference for Europe. (Complete article)
FAO Updates the AGRIFAO Working Group on Priorities, Selected Activities and the EU Partnership Outlook
29 April – The Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium, Raschad Al‑Khafaji, presented FAO’s strategic priorities and key areas of engagement to the AGRIFAO Working Party, offering an overview of FAO’s work in 2026 and the evolving FAO–EU partnership. (Complete article)
