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This week is Antibiotic Awareness Week, and its main message is that people should seek expert advice before using antimicrobials. We have all seen it, and many of us have even been guilty of it. A sick child, a sore throat, a trip to the doctor — and a prescription for an...

In order to reduce China's food waste and loss, the SAVE FOOD conference was held in China on 8 November, 2017. More than 200 delegates from the food processing and packaging sectors attended the meeting and had in-depth discussion on how to reduce food loss and waste through advanced processing...

A week-long high-level dialogue for exchanging innovative policies and experiences in food system within the framework of “China - FAO South-South Cooperation Programme” was hosted recently in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. It was jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of China (MoA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

The celebration of the 37th World Food Day and the 27th National Love Food and Save Food Publicity Week kicked off at China Agriculture University on 16 October of 2017. The event was jointly organized by the State Administration of Grain, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, the...

The 2017 Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum kicked off on 9 October 2017 in Beijing. Wang Yang, Vice Premier of the State Council of China, attended and addressed the forum. The theme of this forum is “Targeted Poverty Alleviation and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of...