While industrial fishing has reached its limit, a kind of "The limits to growth", global aquaculture is consistently and steadily increasing production capacity, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, told the pl

“First of all, on this day, I would like to remember not the achievements of the World Health Organization (WHO), but the cooperation with all of you over many decades,” Melita Vujnović, WHO representative in Russia for the past six years, said on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of WHO. “Without great partners and collaborators like you, WHO would not be able to move forward towards the universal goal of health for all.”

  On March 22, the FAO Moscow Office held a seminar at the UN House dedicated to the International Day of Forests (IDF) under the 2023 slogan "Healthy Forests for Healthy People!" Such events are traditionally held under the auspices of FAO around the wo

On 22 March, a press conference dedicated to the International Day of Forests (IDF) 2023 was held at the TASS press centre. “Healthy Forests for Healthy People!” is the slogan of IDF this year. "At our meeting, an important topic will be touched upon, nam

The region as a whole is in a much better position than elsewhere in the world, but some developments need to be addressed to avoid setbacks. Budapest, Hungary – In Europe and Central Asia, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of the war in Ukr

On the occasion of World Wildlife Day (WWD) celebrated on 3 March 2023, the FAO Moscow Office and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Russia Office held a press conference at the TASS press centre and a webinar at the UN House. This year, WWD

In the first three days of March, the XVI Winter Grain Conference was held in the city of Belokurikha in Altai Krai. The forum was organized by the Altai Grain Processors Union, Altai Grain Conferences, ProZerno, and the Institute for Agricultural Market

  On 2 March 2023, a press conference of the members of the International Year of Millets’ Steering Committee for federal and regional media was held at the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI).  At the beginning, MCCI Vice-President Suren Var

Today, according to the UN, there are about 6 000 languages ​​globally, and 43% of them are endangered. Only a few hundred languages ​​play a prominent role in education systems and in the public sector, and less than a hundred languages ​​are used in the

The White Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ collective rights What is the White/ Wiphala Paper[1]?  In 2021, with the participation of representatives and organizations of Indigenous Peoples and scientific organizations from six socio-cultural regions from

This year, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This Day was proclaimed by resolution A/RES/70/212 at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in 2015. In Russian

  The recent fifteenth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has once again drawn attention to the situation of communities and representatives of Indigenous Peoples of the world, their role as guardians of traditional kno

Rich in heritage and full of potential, millets are a sustainable, nutritious and under-valued food source  They were one of the first domesticated plants, but millets have been overshadowed by other grains over the last decades. This year, FAO is celebr

Facing global food crisis, FAO acts as a reliable partner for all member countries in ensuring food security. Being a source of objective and timely information, FAO assumes the role of developer of both specific systemic suggestions to overcome the crisi

  In December, the FBIS “Central Research Institute of Epidemiology” of Rospotrebnadzor (CRIE) was awarded the status of an FAO Reference Centre for antimicrobial resistance (AMR). “It was a long and thorough process with many steps, which required a lo

  On 15 December, the FAO Moscow Office and the Russian FAO’s depositary library – Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Central Scientific Agricultural Library" presented two flagship publications of the Organization in Russian. “The State of

On 29-30 November 2022, the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, supported by the FAO Liaison Office in Moscow, and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) hosted а regional webinar on the legal framework for emerging biotechnologies in the pla

Two back-to-back events addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the food and agriculture sectors of Europe and Central Asia concluded in Moscow. Countries at the consultation meeting on 5-6 December agreed to set up an antimicrobial resistance laboratory network, with the active participation of the main animal health and food safety laboratories involved in the detection of AMR in the six countries of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.

  On 29 November 2022, the round table “Let’s come together to counter antimicrobial resistance (AMR)” was held in Moscow at the initiative of the representative of the Quadripartite Partnership in the Russian Federation. Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the

  On 5 December 2022, FAO marked World Soil Day with the release of its first “Global Status of Black Soils” report. This kind of soil is at greater risk than ever due to negative climate change, biodiversity loss and changing land use practices.  Over