FAO Empowers Veterinary Professionals to Enhance Disease Surveillance and Response
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),...
FAO Ghana brings partners together to finalize the Veterinary Services Directorate workforce strategy
28 February 2023
28 February 2023
This veterinary workforce strategy will facilitate the assessment of veterinary workforce needs in the country.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducts a validation workshop starting today to gather inputs from multi-stakeholders for the developed Veterinary Service Directorate (VSD) workforce strategy, in order to make necessary corrections...
Veterinary laboratory testing protocols Out Now
20 February 2023
20 February 2023
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Veterinary laboratory testing protocols for priority zoonotic diseases in Africa
Animal health laboratories play a crucial role in veterinary disease diagnosis and surveillance for the prevention and control of transboundary animal diseases, including those of economic impact...
FAO prevents the spread of zoonotic diseases from wildlife
01 February 2023
01 February 2023
FAO promotes advocacy sessions to prevent zoonoses resulting from handling, trade and consumption of bushmeat.
In Ghana, bushmeat trade is an important economic activity, estimated at over USD 350 million annually. Unregulated trade and exploitation of wild animals is a risk factors for the emergence and spread of diseases (OIE, 2021),...
FAO, FFF train 30 FFPOs on EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool
29 November 2022
29 November 2022
Responding to climate change at landscape scales.
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses are the third largest contributor to GHG emissions after Energy and Industry emitting about 22% of all global emissions of greenhouse gases emissions from anthropogenic sources.
Data on GHG emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) activities...
FAO Ghana advocates for the approval of the One Health policy
14 November 2022
14 November 2022
More efforts need to be done to ensure that the One Health Policy is passed by Parliament
On 3 November, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its partner WHO marked the commemoration of International One Health Day with the engagement of individuals, governments and organisations from different...