As part of an urgent relief effort FAO’s Peru office has provided 36 800 doses of antiparasitic medicines, antibiotics and vitamins to poor farmers in highland Peru whose livestock are suffering as a result of
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The FAO Networks on Veterinary Public Health, Zoonoses, Feed & Food Safety have been created to facilitate thematic discussions and collaboration, to disseminate relevant information and to identify issues to be addressed globally or at
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Food security requires that farmers have access to good quality seed of a wide diversity of crops and varieties. To achieve that goal, FAO is supporting harmonization of seed rules and regulations in
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The Crop Production and Protection division of FAO is adding to the growing legacy of Farmer Field School (FFS) programmes around the world with the Integrated Production and Pest Management (IPPM)
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“Our planet abounds with biological richness and this great diversity is key to face the worst food crisis in modern history,” FAO Assistant Director-General Alexander Müller said. FAO acknowledges the importance of biodiversity to food
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Just as a system for the world wide exchange of plant genetic resources was made operational by the international community in Rome, farmers in Burundi kicked off a new season, planting cassava free of a
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Dioxins are formed as unwanted by-products from a number of human activities including certain industrial processes. In terms of dioxins release into the environment, waste incinerators are often the worst culprits due to incomplete burning.
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After more than 20 years of dedicated efforts that included application of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) as part of an integrated approach, the Animal and Plant Health Service (SENASA) of Peru has announced the
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Since some Ugandan farmers joined the Farmer Field School in 2006, not only did they eliminate from their fields the Banana Bacterial Wilt disease that threatened their livelihoods, but their life has changed for better.
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Ducks, people and rice paddies – rather than chickens – are the major factors behind outbreaks of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Thailand and Viet Nam, and are probably behind outbreak persistence in other
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