San José, Costa Rica.  FAO, in collaboration with the State Plant Health Service of Costa Rica, organized a Regional Training Workshop on FAO Pesticide Specifications, Residue Risk Assessment, and Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) Setting in San José, Costa Rica, from 17 to 21 November 2025....

From 17 to 28 November 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a two-week Training-of-Trainers (ToT) workshop on the FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit (PRT) in Rome, Italy. The event brought together 20 pesticide management and registration professionals from Latin America,...

In recent years, there has been growing global attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) — when microorganisms evolve and become harder to treat with antimicrobials, such as antibiotics, antivirals and antifungals — in animals and humans. But antimicrobials are also vital in crop production to manage...

International Experts Gather to Address a Growing Challenge in Food SafetyTwenty-one experts are convening at a CAS/FAO workshop on Antimicrobial Co-Selection at the Food:Environmental Interface, marking a significant step forward in the global effort to tackle foodborne antimicrobial resistance. 

FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa hosts East African Community (EAC) - led workshop under the EU-funded ACP-MEAs 3 Project to phase out Highly Hazardous Pesticides and advance safer, more sustainable pest management options.