On 3 December, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, Lomonosov Moscow State University, the World Bank, and the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, hosted the Sixth Scientific and Practical Conference

  On the eve of the World Soil Day, celebrated annually on 5 December, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation took an exclusive interview with Dr Pavel V. Krasilnikov, a leading Russian soil scientist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, correspon

  On 30 November – 1 December, with the assistance of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, MSD Animal Health hosted the "Livestock of the future" educational programme, in partnership with the "Agroinvestor" periodical and the Healthcare D

On 26 November, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Moscow Office, delivered a presentation titled “FAO World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020” (WCA 2020) at the roundtable discussion spearheaded by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat

On 25 November, at the premises of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), the FAO day dedicated to agriculture and food security, as well as to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 — "Zero hunger" — was held within the Regional Professional Upgrade Programme "Negative Socio-Economic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Ways to Address Them", set up along with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). 

As part of the annual World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, held from 18 to 24 November, the representative offices in Russia of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation f

– The results of the XVIII International Junior Forest Contest held by the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) have been summed up. 12 members of the jury, including representatives of international organizations, along with FAO, forest departments, scie

  Oleg Kobiakov, Director of FAO’s Moscow Office, delivered opening remarks on 9 November to the International Conference on “The Potential of Green Economy and Agritourism: Prospects of Sustainable Development for Regions”, jointly organized by Belgorod

International food prices climbed to a new peak, exceeding the July 2011 level. In October, the FAO Food Price Index averaged 133.2 points, up 3.9 percent from its September level. Thus, the Index continues to grow for the third month in a row. Cereals.

           Speech by Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the Liaison Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the Russian Federation in the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation at the public hearings   "From field

Why is blockchain relevant for food chains as well? What is its application in agriculture? These and other issues were discussed on Thursday, 28 October, during the research seminar "Blockchain technologies in ensuring food security". The online confere

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office with the Russian Federation in collaboration with the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly and Moscow State University of Food Production (MGUPP) held a Dialogue on the occasion of World F

  Oleg Kobiakov, Director of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Office in Moscow, took part on 7 October in the 4th International Conference «Sustainable Tourism: Global Challenges and Russian Perspective» in Sochi (Rosa Khutor

FAO Director-General addresses high-level forum organized by the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Agriculture 7 October 2021, Rome/Moscow – Ending hunger and building sustainable agri-food systems requires the support of all stakeholders, including the p

The World Food Forum (WFF) that culminated on 5 October provided a platform for learning and spreading innovative ideas to transform agri-food systems. Young leaders and top world experts took part in the event, joining efforts in a search for models of t

  Eduardo Mansur, Director of the Office of Climate Change at the Biodiversity and Environment (OCB), Officer in Charge of Land and Water Division (NSL) at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), addressed the final round of th

  On September 28, marking the 15thanniversary of World Rabies Day, the OIE Regional Representation for Europe in Moscow hosted a webinar on rabies titled “The Global Anti-Rabies Efforts: Human and Animal Vaccines and Eradication Programs”. The event was

Today on the opening day of the UN Food Systems Summit, we are publishing a summary of the research carried out by a group of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) students as part of the National Dialogue

 Dr Agnes Kalibata, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit, shares her vision on the strategic direction for an inclusive, equitable and sustainable agri-food system transformation as a driving force during the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  The final day of the IV Global Fisheries Forum featured a special session dedicated to aquaculture as the driver of the whole fish industry.  Highlighting the “Global trends in supply, markets and trade”, Audun Lem, Deputy Director, FAO Fisheries and