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Food Chain Crisis Management Framework
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The human food chain is continuously threatened by the increasing number of outbreaks of aquatic and transboundary animal diseases, plant pests and diseases, and food safety emergencies.
Avian influenza, H1N1, cassava diseases, locust infestations, Salmonellosis and dioxin are some examples of food chain crisis threats to the human food chain that may impact human health, food security, national economies and global markets.
Through the Food Chain Crisis Management Framework (FCC), FAO assists its membership in their effort to address the risks to the human food chain. This covers in particular the assessment, management and communication dimensions of the risks involved through a comprehensive, systematic, interdisciplinary, institution-wide collaborative approach.
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16 Nov 2011
Experts urge funding, swift action to protect staple food crop
A new variant of a cassava disease is affecting large parts of East Africa, especially in the area's Great Lakes Region, putting a crucial source of food and income at risk, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.
FAO experts...
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4 Nov 2011
Mali tests its National Locust Emergency Response Plan with nine neighbouring countries
First of its kind, Mali organized a simulation exercise to test and improve, during a calm period, its state of preparedness for the effective management and response to an eventual Desert Locust crisis.
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17 Oct 2011
Rapid response, today and tomorrow
The Crisis Management Centre -- Animal Health (CMC-AH) is a primary facility of FAO for animal disease emergency response. Working in close association with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international, national and local partners, the CMC-AH helps...
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