Preserving genetic diversity in livestock is crucial for sustainable breeding programs worldwide. This diversity serves two critical purposes: it drives long-term improvements in productivity and functional traits, while also ensuring...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

The 39th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference (ISAG) will be held in Cape Town, South Africa in July 2-7, 2023. It will be an excellent opportunity to bring together...

The twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture will take place from 18th to 20th January 2023.  The meeting will be conducted...

The 26th World Poultry Congress will be held from 7th to 11th of August, in Paris, France.  Agriculture in general, and livestock in particular, are facing major challenges in the near...

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...

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...