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From 17 to 21 November 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) organized the second Reduce the Need for Antimicrobials on Farms for Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation (RENOFARM) training workshop at NAU in Nanjing, China.     The training contributes to one of the RENOFARM targets: [...]

More than 100 young professionals, researchers, and experts from around the world gathered on 1-2 December in Nanjing, China for the FAO–Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) One Health Global Youth Summit, a two-day event aimed at strengthening youth leadership in addressing interconnected challenges across human, animal, [...]

A retired teacher rebuilds her life through safer poultry farming, enhancing her income and promoting food safety for her community

09 December 2025, Bangui — Every day, in clinics and on farms across the Central African Republic (CAR), antimicrobial resistance silently advances. Treatments used to cure infections in children, adults and livestock are becoming progressively less effective. This is antimicrobial resistance (AMR), [...]

The first quiz with questions about antimicrobial resistance took place on November 29 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The event was organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with [...]

Expanding the AMR fight beyond animals: integrating plant and aquaculture sectors Kadoma - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasingly recognized as a critical challenge to global health and agrifood systems, threatening productivity, trade, and environmental integrity. While Zimbabwe has advanced AMR surveillance in human, [...]

On 18 November, Russian and international medical experts, veterinarians and environmentalists held a Round Table on the occasion of the World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week. The event took place at the platform of Rossiya Segodnya International Multimedia Press Center in Moscow. [...]

Transforming poultry farming and curbing AMR risks through participatory learning   Harare - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a natural phenomenon in which micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites develop the ability to survive exposure to antimicrobial agents, rendering medications less effective or ineffective [...]

On 21 November the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University (KNAU), held a student forum as part of World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) 2025, under the slogan “Building a Future Without [...]

As the world marks World AMR Awareness Week, FAO reaffirmed its strong commitment to tackling AMR across Europe and Central Asia during the closing day of the second International Conference on Food Safety and Joint Efforts to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance. [...]