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02 December 2016 - Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is considered to be the swine disease with the largest economic impact for the pork industry at the global level, generating large losses to the commercial sector and also threatening backyard farmers’ livelihoods. To support Myanmar on its PRRS control...

Climate is changing. Food and Agriculture must too. 16 Oct 2016. The Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) marks the observance of 36th World Food Day by celebrating the event in Nay Pyi Taw organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation of Myanmar. H.E. Henry Van Thio,...

Delegates from Myanmar attended a workshop titled “Stakeholder Workshop for Cross-border Safer Animal Trade” in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China from 11 to 13 September 2016.  It was organized by FAO’s China Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) team and the Veterinary Bureau (VB) of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture...

A workshop on qualitative risk assessment in animal health was organized by FAO’s Myanmar Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) team in Mandalay from 22 to 25 August 2016, with the aim to support the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) in its endeavor to make risk assessment a...

Last year, roughly one of every six fish sold around the world was caught illegally. That number is now poised to drop precipitously, thanks to the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the world’s first international treaty designed specifically to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.  Under this new agreement, parties are obliged...