FAO facilitates the Validation Workshop for Surveillance Plans on Priority Zoonotic Diseases.
The Food and Agriculture...
Turning strategy into action for agrifood systems in Africa
13 February 2024
13 February 2024
Regional team meeting #RMT13 gets underway in Accra
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s leadership team from across Africa is meeting in Accra from today to review progress and needed actions to accelerate agrifood systems transformation in Africa.
The 13th Regional Management Team meeting (RMT13) sees leaders from country, sub-regional, regional and...
Soybean: A Transformative Path Towards Food Security, Nutrition, and Sustainable Agriculture
31 January 2024
31 January 2024
To enhance food security and elevate nutrition standards for all, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) with funding from the Japanese Embassy in Ghana, have joined forces to implement one of FAO’s flagship Programme, “One Country One Commodity...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has provided equipment to the Kumasi abattoir to boost food safety and quality control, under a collaboration with the abattoir and national authorities. It is part of FAO’s food safety programme in Ghana that aims to strengthen quality control through...
FAO improves anthrax surveillance in the Upper East Region with training to strengthen the animal health surveillance system in Ghana.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), has supported a two-day training to improve anthrax surveillance in the Upper East Region of Ghana,...
Optimizing Surveillance and Control Systems for Transboundary Animal Diseases and Zoonoses
13 December 2023
13 December 2023
FAO Hosted Training in Geographical Information System Mapping and Risk Assessment for Enhanced Animal Disease Surveillance
Responding to the dynamic landscape of global livestock sectors and the escalating risk of zoonotic diseases, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) hosted a...