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Rongchang, Chongqing, China, 25-26 April 2024 We, participants of the international symposium convened in Rongchang, Chongqing, on 25 – 26 April 2024, under the theme of Pathways to reduce the need for antimicrobials to support sustainable livestock transformation, hereby declare: Recognizing that antimicrobial [...]

RENOFARM, or Reduce the Need for Antimicrobials on Farms for Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation already piloted in Indonesia, Uganda and Nigeria

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global health and development challenge, threatening human and animal health and welfare, food security and nutrition, food safety, productivity, and the environment, as well as the livelihoods of farmers worldwide. FAO has compiled a repository of [...]

18 April 2024, Addis Ababa. The fight against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Ethiopia received a significant boost as key stakeholders from the public and private sectors converged in Addis Ababa from 16 to 18 April for a pioneering Public-Private Partnership [...]

Geneva, 4 April 2024 – Results from an economic study confirm that the already staggering human toll of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be compounded by a catastrophic hit to the global economy unless bolder and more urgent action is taken, [...]

District officials trained to detect bacterial contaminants and antimicrobial resistance in animal health laboratories   16 February 2024, Mukono –The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Disease (ECTAD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal [...]

Strengthening capacity of farmer field school facilitators on good broiler management practices, prudent antimicrobial use and approaches to adult learning

A competition to find new ways to reduce antibiotic misuse in production animals has resulted in promising findings on how improved gut health in broiler chickens could boost immunity and reduce antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an approach that could bring wider benefits [...]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) would like to invite interested members to join the Community of Practice (CoP) on Good Agriculture Practices and Prudent Antimicrobial Use to Reduce the Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the [...]

FAO has just released its first-ever report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which outlines a wide range of activities undertaken by the organization at global, regional and country level. This work is currently guided by the FAO Action Plan on Antimicrobial [...]