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With 42 percent of the world’s population, the group of countries that make up the BRICS are in a position to shape agricultural policies that would strengthen global food security and transform rural societies and livelihoods, Kundhavi Kadiresan, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific of the...

FAO China Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Office successfully held the 3rd China Field Epidemiology Training Program for Veterinarians (CFETPV) in Qingdao from November 2014 to September 2016.   In the past two years, the 18 trainees from 13 provincial centers for animal disease prevention and control and 3 national...

World leaders today signalled an unprecedented level of attention to curb the spread of infections that are resistant to antimicrobial medicines. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi develop resistance against medicines that were previously able to cure them. For the first time, Heads of...

Bolstering the opportunities that allow rural people in developing countries to remain at home is a critical component of any plan to tackle the contemporary migration crisis, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today. "A necessary first step is to address the factors that lead to distress migration," he said...

The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed today a cooperation agreement to promote smart agriculture and food safety in Northeast China. Under the agreement, UNOPS and FAO will lay the foundation for bringing Mongolian beef and lamb...