Potatoes, cabbage, courgettes and other vegetables can grow even in a harsh climate. And Tamara Fiodorova knows how to get good yields on her land in Rassoloda, a village in the Sakha Republic, a part of Russia known as Yakutia. The trick, she says, is to grow locally adapted crops developed by local breeders. 

As part of the VI Global Fishery Forum and Seafood Expo Russia held on 27–29 September at Expoforum in St. Petersburg, Oleg Kobiakov, Head of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, participated in two significant events: Cold Chain Eurasia In

The FAO Liaison Office in Moscow participated for the sixth time in the Global Fishery Forum & Seafood Expo Russia, which this year took place on 27-29 September at the Expoforum in Saint Petersburg. On the first day of the forum, Oleg Kobiakov, Dire

  The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), called the Quadripartite Alliance (QPT), together with nationa

Professional translators and interpreters are particularly valuable resources in any organization, especially in those embedded in the system of international relations as the United Nations (UN). Staff in the UN language units and its specialised agenci

On 14 September, the Overview of the fruit and vegetable sector in Eurasian and Economic Union countries, prepared by the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (Budapest) with the technical assistance of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), w

  On September 11, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Oleg Kobiakov, Head of the FAO Moscow Office, spoke at the session “Eurasian Agroexpress: New Opportunities for Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region-2023” organized b

On 5 September, as part of the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023), PRO PROSO student scientific and practical marathon organized by the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (RSAU – MTAA) and the FAO Liaison Offi

On 16 August, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation made a field visit to the Kursk Region, one of the breadbaskets of the Russian Black Earth Region. A meeting with the representatives of the Scientific Research Institute of Agro-Industrial Production, Kursk State Agricultural Academy, and the largest Russian producer of fertilizers – PhosAgro Company – took place in the village Cheryomushki in the Kursk Region on the trial field of the Federal Agricultural Kursk Research Centre.

On the occasion of the International Youth Day, which is celebrated on 12 August, the FAO Moscow Office the day before held a round table entitled “Green Skills for Youth”. Students, young scientists and entrepreneurs, social activists discussed the skill

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Thompson Rivers University implemented a joint short-term training programme from January to March 2023 for Indigenous female students and researchers to support the FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recognizes that the world's reindeer herders, through their traditional knowledge, experience, and skills, have developed unique food systems to preserve pastures, manage natural resources

During a visit to Saint Petersburg from 25 to 28 July 2023 to take part in the Second Russia-Africa Summit, a delegation of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation headed by its Director Oleg Kobiakov was the guest of three largest academic and

Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019

  On July 6-7, the Baltic Grain Assembly “White Nights – 2023” was held in St. Petersburg, it was attended by the leaders of the grain sector, heads of companies operating the market of grain and processed products, logistics companies, as well as leadin

  On 21 June, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the  FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, delivered welcoming remarks at the opening of the 28th international specialized trade fair “MVC: Cereals – Mixed Feed – Veterinary – 2023”. “Over the years, t

  On 16 June, as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation in Moscow, spoke at the “Healthy Eating – Healthy Development” section under the slogan of “Pr

  On 15 June, within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation Oleg Kobiakov addressed the section “Social Support Projects for the Population as Drivers of Ec

On the sixtieth anniversary of the WHO/FAO Commission on Food Standards (Codex Alimentarius) On 7 June, the Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Biotechnology hosted a scientific symposium on “Global challenges and New Risks in Food Safety”. Earlier,

  On 5 June, the TASS platform and the Ecumene Discussion Club hosted a press conference to mark World Environment Day.  The press conference was traditionally moderated by Victoria Kladieva, a leading specialist at the TASS Press Centre.  "Every year,