The Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) is a joint initiative of FAO and OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health), with the expected participation of WHO for the zoonoses, to achieve the prevention, detection and [...]

The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) established a subsidiary Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG-PGR) in 1997, to address issues specific to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. [...]

The Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources was established by the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in 1997. The Secretariat of the ITWG AnGR lies with the Animal Production and Health Division (NSA) in FAO Headquarters. The role [...]

The IPPC allows countries to analyze risks to their national plant resources and to use science-based measures to safeguard their cultivated and wild plants. By protecting plant resources from pests and diseases, the IPPC helps: protect farmers from economically devastating pest [...]

The mission of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture is to support and promote the safe and appropriate use of nuclear and related technologies by the FAO/IAEA Member States in food and agriculture and so [...]

The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) is an international expert scientific committee that is administered jointly by FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO). Its areas of work are: Risk assessment/safety evaluation of Food additives (intentionally added); Processing aids [...]