May 2013 ::: On April 23-24, 2013, representatives of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research and of national as well as provincial veterinary authorities of Pakistan met in Islamabad for the national workshop “Development of Strategy for the Control of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Pakistan”. The workshop was organized by FAO under the United States Department of Agriculture funded project GCP/PAK/123/USA “Support to Increase Sustainable Livestock Production – Progressive Control of FMD in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan” and can be seen as starting point leading towards the development of the first national FMD control strategy for Pakistan...[read more]