FAO organized the international symposium on “The role of agricultural biotechnologies in sustainable food systems and nutrition” on 15-17 February 2016 at FAO headquarters, Rome. Proceedings of the symposium, edited by J. Ruane, J.D. Dargie
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FAO’s Rotterdam Convention boosts social and environmental protection
September 2016, Rome – Up to two million chemical preparations are on sale around the world, according to the latest estimates, released in 2013. This makes the chemicals industry the world’s largest manufacturer, second only
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In September 2014 FAO convened a global symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition. This has been followed in 2015 by three regional meetings in Brazil, Senegal and Thailand. In order to continue to develop this regional approach a further
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Cameroon becomes latest country in region to detect virulent bird flu
Countries across West and Central Africa are on alert as the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1continues to spread across the region, with Cameroon becoming the latest African country to detect the disease. The strain
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The ‘World fertilizer trends and outlook to 2019’ is the latest in a series of annual reports that result from meetings of FAO Plant Production and Protection (AGP) and Statistics (ESS) Divisions, and the Fertilizer
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The Technical Workshop “Remediation of Radioactive Contamination in Agriculture” will be held at IAEA Headquarters from 17 – 18 October 2016. This Workshop aims to promote and share knowledge and experience related to remediation of
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FAO focuses on policy reforms for sustainable development livestock sector in Africa promoting positive externalities while mitigating negative impacts
The livestock sector in Africa is expected to transform in the coming years. During the last decade African economies have grown at an unprecedented rate and with further growth expected, the continent will become one
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