In the first three days of March, the XVI Winter Grain Conference was held in the city of Belokurikha in Altai Krai. The forum was organized by the Altai Grain Processors Union, Altai Grain Conferences, ProZerno, and the Institute for Agricultural Market

  On 2 March 2023, a press conference of the members of the International Year of Millets’ Steering Committee for federal and regional media was held at the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).  At the beginning, MCCI Vice-President Suren Var

Today, according to the UN, there are about 6 000 languages ​​globally, and 43% of them are endangered. Only a few hundred languages ​​play a prominent role in education systems and in the public sector, and less than a hundred languages ​​are used in the

The White Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ collective rights What is the White/ Wiphala Paper[1]?  In 2021, with the participation of representatives and organizations of Indigenous Peoples and scientific organizations from six socio-cultural regions from

This year, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This Day was proclaimed by resolution A/RES/70/212 at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in 2015. In Russian

  The recent fifteenth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has once again drawn attention to the situation of communities and representatives of Indigenous Peoples of the world, their role as guardians of traditional kno

Rich in heritage and full of potential, millets are a sustainable, nutritious and under-valued food source  They were one of the first domesticated plants, but millets have been overshadowed by other grains over the last decades. This year, FAO is celebr

Facing global food crisis, FAO acts as a reliable partner for all member countries in ensuring food security. Being a source of objective and timely information, FAO assumes the role of developer of both specific systemic suggestions to overcome the crisi

  In December, the FBIS “Central Research Institute of Epidemiology” of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE) was awarded the status of an FAO Reference Centre for antimicrobial resistance (AMR). “It was a long and thorough process with many steps, which required a lo

  On 15 December, the FAO Moscow Office and the Russian FAO’s depositary library – Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Central Scientific Agricultural Library" presented two flagship publications of the Organization in Russian. “The State of

On 29-30 November 2022, the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, supported by the FAO Liaison Office in Moscow, and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) hosted а regional webinar on the legal framework for emerging biotechnologies in the pla

Two back-to-back events addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the food and agriculture sectors of Europe and Central Asia concluded in Moscow. Countries at the consultation meeting on 5-6 December agreed to set up an antimicrobial resistance laboratory network, with the active participation of the main animal health and food safety laboratories involved in the detection of AMR in the six countries of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.

  On 5 December 2022, FAO marked World Soil Day with the release of its first “Global Status of Black Soils” report. This kind of soil is at greater risk than ever due to negative climate change, biodiversity loss and changing land use practices.  Over

  On 29 November 2022, the round table “Let’s come together to counter antimicrobial resistance (AMR)” was held in Moscow at the initiative of the representative of the Quadripartite Partnership in the Russian Federation. Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the

World Soil Day is held annually on 5 December to highlight the importance of soils and promote the sustainable use of soil resources. World Soil Day 2022 and its campaign “Soils: Where Food Begins” aims to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining

The technology of food sharing – fair distribution of food among people in need – was first introduced in Russia in 2012. How does food sharing help feed those who find themselves in a difficult life situation? How does this practice help reduce food wast

On 8 November, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, spoke at the symposium “Cadmium rationing in phosphorus fertilizers to solve global challenges of food systems and environmental safety of the XXI century” organ

  On November 8, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Moscow Office, spoke at the round table entitled “Agrlogistics – new technologies and solutions”, organized by the International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation together with the A

The FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, together with the Moscow State University of Food Production (MSUFP), held a roundtable on October 18 titled “Food Systems of the 21st Century” dedicated to World Food Day. “October 16 is annually celeb

World Food Day (WFD) is observed annually on October 16 to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1945. On the eve of the celebration day, the FAO Moscow Office held a press conference at the press