The detection in the Gaza Strip of a new case of a novel strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) underscores the importance of maintaining - and intensifying -- international efforts to stop the virus from spreading further in the Middle East and North Africa, FAO said today.

Food irradiation could play a critical role in ensuring safe, wholesome and high quality foods for consumers, especially in dealing with virulent microbial strains that have withstood other more conventional treatments. This latest E. coli outbreak, centred in Northern Germany,...

Knowledge of the role of fatty acids in determining health and nutritional well-being has expanded dramatically in the past 15 years. To review the major developments in the field of fats and fatty acids in human nutrition, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

A previous story described the process of introducing a new technology to DRC from Uganda for the suppression of bacterial banana wilt (or “BXW” as it is known), a disease which was ravaging production in Nord Kivu province where banana is an important staple food.  The method...

FAO collaborated with the World Bank and the College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, University of Ghana, to organize a workshop in Accra, Ghana from 31 May - 3 June 2011 on the subject of post-harvest losses (PHL) reduction. The workshop, which attracted 30 agricultural...