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How can governments better prepare for and respond to a food safety crisis?
24/11/2021
A three-day regional workshop entitled “Preparing for emergencies: Food safety crisis management, response, and communication” starts today to support governments in their efforts to be ready for and handle future issues.
The workshop, convened in a virt
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New platform to tackle human, animal, and environmental health challenges
22/11/2021
The first dialogue on the joint FAO-OIE-UNEP-WHO regional partner platform helps operationalize the One Health approach
With representatives of concerned parties in Europe and Central Asia, the first dialogue meeting of the One Health partner platform to
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Use antibiotics effectively and responsibly in dairy production, FAO recommends
18/11/2021
Right animal husbandry practices can significantly reduce the need for antibiotic use and thus the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). To this end, an FAO publication provides practical tips to cattle producers for improving animal health and hence
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FAO wraps up African swine fever preparedness project in the Balkans
16/11/2021
A meeting today concludes an FAO project on African swine fever (ASF) emergency preparedness in the Balkans and also allows countries and partners to discuss the achievements and potential future follow-up activities in the five beneficiary countries (Alb
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FAO dialogue to spur action for protecting biodiversity in Europe and Central Asia
16/11/2021
Mainstreaming biodiversity of all animal, plant, and fungi species in the agricultural sector is an attempt to ensure that important aspects of biodiversity protection are taken into account when selecting policies or farming methods. A two-day FAO virtua
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Ensuring rural development through better access to land for women in the Western Balkans
11/11/2021
In late 2015, the world pledged to transform our future by committing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which foresees reforms providing women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other fo
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Over 300 Russian-speaking veterinarians trained on African swine fever preparedness
09/11/2021
Although the media attention is highly focused on the current human pandemic, African swine fever (ASF) is still a very pressing issue. To this end, a four-week virtual course starts today in the Russian language joined by 300 veterinarians from Europe an
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Central Asian ministers ready to help farmers withstand climate change
02/11/2021
Smallholder farmers need to become more prepared for and resilient to weather extremes and climate shocks, and further support should be granted to them, concluded the virtual meeting of Agricultural Ministers of five Central Asian countries, convened by
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World Food Day 2021 celebrated across Europe and Central Asia
29/10/2021
World Food Day, commemorated every year on 16 October – the date FAO was founded in 1945 – this year continued an established theme of recent years, that “Our Actions or Our Future”. The day highlighted how transforming agrifood systems could bring widesp
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Central Asian countries benefit from Turkish expertise through South-South Cooperation efforts
27/10/2021
FAO and Turkey signed a South-South and Triangular Cooperation agreement on deploying Turkish experts to projects sites in Central Asia as part of the FAO–Turkey Partnership Programme for food, agriculture, and forestry.
The signature ceremony took place