09/06/2014

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the financial support of the Government of Italy, is implementing a project to improve food security by supporting the...

04/02/2014

Alliance between FAO and GALVmed for better animal health in tsese affected areas. FAO, has, over the years, been involved in efforts to mobilize and coordinate activities aimed at increasing...

10/07/2013

Benefits of future research should be carefully balanced against potential risks  

21/06/2013

Two years ago, the world reached a milestone: FAO declared the world free from rinderpest on 28 June 2011. Rinderpest is a highly contagious animal disease also known as cattle...

08/06/2013

Stocks of rinderpest virus kept under inadequate or high risk conditions could threaten the reintroduction of the virus to the environment after the disease has been successfully eradicated in 2011....