The 47th Apimondia Congress will be held from 24th to 28th of August, in Istanbul, Turkey.  Scientific program includes topics such as aritherapy, bee biology, beekeeping economy, beekeeping for rural development, bee...

The 73rd Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science will be held from 5th of August to 9th of September 2022, in Porto, Portugal. The program will cover various areas...

From 3rd to 8th of August 2022, the 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP) will be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production...

The eighteenth session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture will take place from 27th  September to 1st October 2021. The upcoming Session will consider all sectors of...

From 30th of August to 3rd of September 2021, the 38th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference will be held in Davos, Switzerland. More than 900 participants already registered to...

The 38th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference will be held virtually from 26th to 30thJuly 2021. The conference offers an excellent opportunity to bring together outstanding scientists, policy makers,...

The eleventh session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group (ITWG) on Animal Genetic Resources took place from 19 to 21 May 2021, for the first time in its history as...

Cryoconservation of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA) in gene banks is one of the strategies to maintain and conserve animal genetic resources for food and agriculture. The global importance of conservation of animal genetic resources is embedded in the United Nations Su...

Spain has a significant livestock heritage. Its geographic location, diversity of ecosystems, climate, landscapes and cultural traditions have resulted in a huge variety of autochthonous livestock breeds that are well-adapted to their production environments and provide unique products of an u...

Many old regional chicken breeds in Germany are at risk of extinction. Keeping them is economically not viable even for organic farms, because the market is dominated by a few modern high-performance hybrids specialized on either laying performance or meat production. In addition to loss of bi...

1-4 December 2020 The main theme of this year’s virtual meeting is ‘Responsibility of animal production on climate change’ and deals with topics such as resource efficiency, animal welfare, diversification, agro-ecology,...

8-12 August 2021, France​The poultry sector has major assets to meet the expectation of the world population, provided that it can anticipate changes needed for sustainable production systems. The WPC2021...

2 to 12 November 2020 The 6th International Conference of Quantitative Genetics (ICQG6) will bring together researchers in agriculture, human health, natural species and evolutionary genetics from across the world united...

The breeding stock of the most endangered pig breed Leicoma rose to 83 sows and 21 boars in 2019. Previously, Leicomas had only been bred in one breeding farm since 2012. The IBV has successfully advertised further breeding companies for this robust pig breed.

In 2015, the IBV (Informati...

In Xinyuan County, in the west of China, honey is part of longstanding local traditions, valued in daily life, culture, and religious activities. The sweet honey has long been considered an essential element of a happy and rich life, as describe in the epic poem of Manas. However, the external...

This year’s event was created to reflect the wide interests of all ICAR members, with topics covering all species. The conference presented a comprehensive exposition about the lessons learned in...

Decisions made specifically on animal genetic resources are provided in paragraphs 81 to 92. The report on the Seventeenth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture...

Dr. Ruth Charrondiere is a nutrition officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. In 2008, she realized that there was no database in existence to help professionals to readily recognize  the differences in nutritional contents among different varieties of...

The Report of 10th Regular Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources has been published in all UN languages. The decisions have been taken during the Seventeenth...

s the world population grows, the need increases to efficiently produce nutritious, high quality food. Food security, the access to a sufficient amount of food, is a growing concern for many people around the world. There are relatively few international transboundary breeds that produce at a ...