The Commission on Livestock Development for Latin America and the Caribbean (CODEGALAC) is the technical advisory forum on animal production and health for the LAC Regional Conference. Established in 1986 by the FAO Council at the request of its Member Nations, [...]

  In October 2020, the 27th session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG) established the Sub-Committee on Livestock with a mandate to discuss and build consensus on issues and priorities related to the livestock sector. The Sub-Committee advises COAG, and through [...]

FAO seeks to enhance agricultural productivity to improve nutrition, raise rural living standards and contribute to global economic growth in accord with its mandate. It works with countries to promote national ownership and leadership. And it ensures that UN norms [...]

The Programme Against African Trypanosomosis (PAAT) was established in 1997 as an International Alliance combining the forces of FAO, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the African Union/Interafrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) to [...]

The need to fight animal diseases at global level led to the creation of the Office International des Epizooties through the international Agreement signed on January 25th 1924. In May 2003 the Office became the World Organisation for Animal Health [...]