Virus under control in West Bengal – intensive surveillance required
India is to be commended for its successful efforts to control the recent worst-ever outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the state of West Bengal, FAO said today. The agency warned, however, that intensive
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FAO publishes planning guide for nutrition education in primary schools
Educating school children in healthy nutrition is one of the most effective strategies for overcoming malnutrition and chronic diet-related diseases but has been neglected far too long, FAO said today.
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The Nigde-Nevsehir Region in Turkey accounts for more than 1/3 of Turkey’s potato production (1.2 million tons). Sprinkler and basin irrigation systems have been used for potato growing in the past in this light-textured soil
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The Multimedia proceeding DVD of the Forum is now available
The Multimedia Proceeding DVD of the GAIF 2008 contains: the video-recording and power point presentations of all the plenary sessions and the video-recording of the round tables of the Forum, profiling the speakers and panellists;
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Virus remains a global threat – disease control strongly improved
Recent avian influenza outbreaks in 15 countries demonstrate that the H5N1 virus remains a global threat and requires close monitoring and strong control efforts, FAO said today. Since December 2007, Bangladesh, Benin, China, Egypt, Germany,
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FAO’s Rotterdam Convention boosts social and environmental protection
September 2016, Rome – Up to two million chemical preparations are on sale around the world, according to the latest estimates, released in 2013. This makes the chemicals industry the world’s largest manufacturer, second only
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The Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention in partnership with the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) and FAO Office in Portugal promoted a meeting among African Portuguese-speaking countries under the Rotterdam Convention on the social and
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The Self-evaluation and Holistic Assessment of climate Resilience of farmers and Pastoralists (SHARP) was developed to address the needs of smallholder farmers and pastoralists to assess their climate resilience at the level of individual households
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Access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food is a basic human right and success in achieving nutrition and health outcomes is reliant on food being safe. An FAO/WHO Side Event during the Second
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In the Hindu-Kush Himalayan (HKH) region of Asia, apple production is a major agricultural activity, and is one of the most important crops. Worth approximately US$500 million/year, and for some farmers, up to 80% of
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