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

World Soil Day is held annually on 5 December to highlight the importance of soils and promote the sustainable use of soil resources. World Soil Day 2022 and its campaign “Soils: Where Food Begins” aims to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining

The technology of food sharing – fair distribution of food among people in need – was first introduced in Russia in 2012. How does food sharing help feed those who find themselves in a difficult life situation? How does this practice help reduce food wast

On 8 November, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, spoke at the symposium “Cadmium rationing in phosphorus fertilizers to solve global challenges of food systems and environmental safety of the XXI century” organ

  On November 8, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Moscow Office, spoke at the round table entitled “Agrlogistics – new technologies and solutions”, organized by the International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation together with the A

The FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, together with the Moscow State University of Food Production (MSUFP), held a roundtable on October 18 titled “Food Systems of the 21st Century” dedicated to World Food Day. “October 16 is annually celeb

World Food Day (WFD) is observed annually on October 16 to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 1945. On the eve of the celebration day, the FAO Moscow Office held a press conference at the press

  Camembert, burrata, gruyere... they are not cheeses one associates with Siberia, but Nikita Rossov makes them all. In all, the young farmer produces more than 15 types of cheese in his village of Khomutovo, in Russia’s Irkutsk region, some 5000 km east

On 10-12 October, the International Forum “Public-Private Partnership in the Field of Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples” was held in Murmansk, it was attended by a representative delegation of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation that included Director Oleg Kobiakov, his Deputy Aghasi Harutyunyan and Consultants Igor Shpakov and Varvara Parilova.

  On the last day of the V Global Fishery Forum, FAO, together with the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), held the Global Fishery Forum Roundtable “Small-scale Fisheries: Challenges and Successes”.   What are the

On the second day of the Fishery Forum (V GLOBAL FISHERY FORUM & SEAFOOD EXPO RUSSIA) held in St. Petersburg, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Moscow Office, representing FAO Director-General Dr Qu Dongyu, participated in as many as three sections.&

On 21 September, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Moscow Office, representing the Organization at the V International Fishery Forum in St. Petersburg, spoke at its opening and at the plenary session “Smart Fishing: Research, Catching, Processing”. 

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) invites young readers (5 – 19 ages) to start the new school year by getting ready to discuss the challenges, to which the world’s youth will try to offer solutions at World Food Forum in Rome s

FAO is taking part in the 7th Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, the capital of the Russian Far East. On 6 September, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, addressed as a speaker the panel discussion “BRICS+ Women

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has granted the status of a Reference Centre for Zoonotic Coronaviruses to the Federal Centre for Animal Health (ARRIAH, the city of Vladimir, Russia), subordinated to Rosselkhoznadzor. This fa

What do the Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and the Vyatsky cucumber have in common? As it has turned out, they have many points of contact, which became clear during the conference “Prospects for using heritage for developing rural tou

In connection with a working visit on 17-18 August to the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia for scheduled expert consultations between FAO and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), Armen Harutyunyan, Director of the EEC Agro-Industrial Policy Department, gave an exclusive interview to the FAOLOR website. 

“We are very pleased to have the opportunity to visit the hospitable Yaroslavl land and this wonderful object of absolutely living heritage, to meet the enthusiasts who have created this historical and cultural oasis, to get acquainted with representative