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Exercise aims to keep Foot-and-Mouth disease virtual First the bad news:  animal health experts visiting a Bulgarian cattle farm confirm the suspicion: the animals have been infected. Now the good news:  it’s not real. The experts are here this week for a simulation exercise on Foot-and-Mouth disease, being conducted in Balkan...

The Russian news agency TASS  and FAO have agreed to work together to raise public awareness on issues related to food security, food safety and nutrition.  A Memorandum of Understanding outlining the collaboration was signed yesterday at TASS's headquarters in Moscow by FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva and TASS's Chief...

Armenia’s first pesticide quality control laboratory equipped to carry out quality control according to international standards opened here today. Built as part of an FAO project in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, the laboratory was made possible thanks to financing from the Government of Greece. “We look forward to the...

The next generation of Russia’s agricultural researchers and experts can play a major role in the global drive to end hunger and malnutrition – by developing and applying solutions to real-world food and agriculture problems. This was the rallying call of FAO Director-General Jose’ Graziano da Silva as he addressed...

An ambitious five-year project on integrated natural resources management in drought-prone and salt-affected areas is on its way to take-off, thanks to US$ 11 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The FAO project will assist Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in tackling challenges related to desertification, land...

Growing world population and greater economic prosperity in emerging and developing economies mean increased demand for food. Meeting that demand without endangering biodiversity or other natural resources is a challenge where Europe can play multiple roles. This was the central conclusion of an expert panel in Brussels earlier this week. The...

A front-runner in the race to end hunger, the region still struggles with malnutrition Multiple trends are shaping the nutrition map for Europe and Central Asia, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s first-ever report on food insecurity and malnutrition in Europe and Central Asia, released today. The problems of...

Seafood products are among the most widely traded food commodities in the world, with total trade estimated at US$ 145 billion per year. As demand for healthier diets increases, opportunities for trade in fish and fish products are expanding. How countries can benefit from those opportunities is the subject of...

With soil fertility declining and pests and diseases reducing crop yields, farmers in Kyrgyzstan are ready to try something new. Twenty-two representatives from 20 farmer field schools in two rayons of the Chui valley gathered for a recent farmer field day in Budenovka. The gathering was part of an ongoing FAO...

Encouraging an open dialogue on pressing issues affecting agricultural trade in Central Asia was the purpose of a three-day regional workshop in Kyrgyzstan, organized recently by FAO in collaboration with the UN Development Programme and the Ministry of Agriculture of China. “Agricultural Technologies and Trade Policy in Central Asia: Issues and...