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FAO provides practical learning to veterinary meat inspectors on ante and post-mortem examinations at slaughter facilities to improve food safety The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has organized a workshop to familiarize meat inspectors in the detection and reporting of zoonotic diseases in slaughtering facilities to stop...

Leveraging SMEs for nutrition-sensitive food systems in Ghana.  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the University of Ghana has held a 3-day Training of Trainers Workshop aimed at strengthening the capacities of professionals working with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) for nutrition-sensitive food systems in...

Farmers at the fore front of tackling global threat of Antimicrobial Resistance The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has built the capacities of 46 Farmer Field School (FFS) participants on Behaviour Change in Antimicrobial Use in poultry Production in Dormaa Ahenkro and Wamfie in the Bono Region of...

The active surveillance mission will be conducted in Mole National Park and Boabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary to detect priority zoonotic diseases, including COVID 19. In December 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations supported the Veterinary Service Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Wildlife...

The University of Ghana has endorsed the integration of a new course on nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems into the master’s degree and doctoral academic curricula of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS) https://www.cbas.ug.edu.gh/. The three-credit graduate course Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture and Food Systems is one of the recent achievements...