The FAO Division for Animal Production and Health is currently developing an AI-based software application to help identify cattle breeds in the field. The accuracy of the results will depend on the quantity and quality of the breed images. A large number of images per breed are required to train...

The thirteenth session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture will be held from 20 to 22 November 2024. The meeting will take place in person, starting on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, at 10:00 a.m. Sessions will be conducted in Arabic, Chinese, English,...

Every 10 years the FAO prepares a report on the State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, based on information provided by countries. The previous report (the second) was published in 2015. In July, the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture requested FAO...

The 75th Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP) will be held from 1 to 5 September 2024, in Florence, Italy. The general topic of this Congress will be “Global quality: environment, animals, food“. Sessions will be organized by the eleven EAAP Study Commissions to cover various areas of...

The 74th Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP), jointly organized with the World Association for Animal production (WAAP) and Interbull, will be held from 26th of August to 1st  of September 2023, in Lyon, France. The general topic of this Congress will be “Climate change, biodiversity and global...