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By Anton Usov, EuropeanBank for Reconstruction and Development

The government of Japan, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the EBRD have joined forces to launch a new campaign titled “African swine fever: Risk Awareness Raising and Risk Mitigation in Ukraine”.

The initiative, financially supported by the government of Japan and FAO, will be implemented by the EBRD in the Kiev and Poltava regions.

The project’s goal is to raise awareness among Ukrainian farmers of African swine fever (ASF), which is endemic in Africa, has spread across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe and increasingly threatens the pig production sector.

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