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FAO Myanmar has recently published the first issue of the quarterly newsletter in 2018.

The Government of Myanmar and FAO are cooperating to implement the Australian funded project “Evidence-Based Risk Management along the Livestock Production and Market Chain.” FAO, through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), organized a stakeholder consultation on 31st March 2018 in Yangon’s poultry production zone (PPZ). It was...

On 21st March 2018, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations collaborated with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC) for the celebration of the International Day of Forests (IDF) in Nay Pyi Taw. The United Nations proclaimed the 21st March to be the International Day...

Animal health workers in Myanmar detected a strain of avian influenza virus in poultry, which had not been detected in the country before. The virus, influenza A(H5N6), presents a risk both to poultry and to humans. Spill over of infection of this sub-type has caused human deaths in China. Detection...

Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) from more than 10 countries of Asia-Pacific are gathering today in Myanmar for the second regional conference to accelerate and scale up implementation of the SDGs in climate-resilient landscapes for the benefit of local farm and forest communities. The conference: “From users to producers: Scaling...