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According to the Tripartite Agreements and the Project Documents for the Implementation of the South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme in support of the Agricultural Sector Strategy Plan in Uganda and the National Programme for Food Security in Mongolia, two SSC study tours from Uganda and Mongolia visited China from 4 to...
BRICS well placed to lead agricultural reforms to improve nutrition and rural livelihoods
23 September 2016
23 September 2016
With 42 percent of the world’s population, the group of countries that make up the BRICS are in a position to shape agricultural policies that would strengthen global food security and transform rural societies and livelihoods, Kundhavi Kadiresan, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific of the...
The China Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians successfully held in Qingdao
23 September 2016
23 September 2016
FAO China Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Office successfully held the 3rd China Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (CFETPV) in Qingdao from November 2014 to September 2016.
In the past two years, the 18 trainees from 13 provincial centers for animal disease prevention and control and 3 national...
At UN, global leaders commit to act on antimicrobial resistance
21 September 2016
21 September 2016
World leaders today signalled an unprecedented level of attention to curb the spread of infections that are resistant to antimicrobial medicines. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi develop resistance against medicines that were previously able to cure them. For the first time, Heads of...
Migration should be an act of choice and not a desperate last resort
19 September 2016
19 September 2016
Bolstering the opportunities that allow rural people in developing countries to remain at home is a critical component of any plan to tackle the contemporary migration crisis, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today.
"A necessary first step is to address the factors that lead to distress migration," he said...