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Supporting national efforts to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 1 (No Poverty) and 2 (Zero Hunger) Ghanaian government leaders and managers, including directors and technicians from a multidisciplinary range of Ministries have successfully completed the Executive Programme (EP),”Strengthening the use of poverty analysis to achieve SDGs 1 and 2,” in support...

FAO reinforces wildlife zoonotic disease surveillance in Ghana Human-wildlife conflicts constitute major issues affecting livestock and humans in Ghana. More than 75 percent of emerging and re-emerging diseases are zoonotic (and transmitted by a variety of routes including direct contact (rabies), through bites by arthropod vectors (malaria), via food (salmonella) or...

Experts in developing countries receiving professional training on accurate forest monitoring systems The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is joining forces with the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility  (FCPF) to strengthen the accessibility and accuracy of forest monitoring systems in developing countries around the world. With combined funding...

FAO and One Health partners call for renewed focus on the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Environment have called for renewed focus on the...

Calling for the improvement of surveillance and control in West and Central Africa With Africa Swine Fever’s notorious reputation for its high rate of morbidity and mortality, preventing and responding efficiently is crucial in controlling this endemic disease. To assist the regions as well as to increase the response capacity to control...