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

  Within the framework of the IV Fisheries Forum in St. Petersburg, Mr Vladimir Rakhmanin, Deputy Director General of FAO, Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, met with Mr Ilya Shestakov, the Head of the Federal Agency for Fishery (Rosryb

“Today, fish occupies one of the first places in the total volume of trade in food products in the world. According to FAO estimates, fishing and aquaculture are sources of jobs, income and livelihood for 60 million people, and taking into account family

  One of the two working sessions that opened the IV Fisheries Forum in St. Petersburg was the FAO thematic section called “Fisheries and aquaculture market information as a powerful tool for assessing business opportunities”. A significant share of the

Fabrizio Rosso, Animal Health Officer and Deputy Executive Secretary of the European Commission for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (EuFMD), gives us an update on the last biennium, going digital, engaging youth and more. Just before the effects of

On August 24, the Faculty of Soil Science of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Moscow FAO Bureau held a round table devoted to “The UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration in Russia: challenges in a changing climate.”  Moderator of the discussion

  In the Saratov Region, under the auspices of PhosAgro, one of the world’s leading producers of phosphorus-containing fertilizers, an agrotechnological conference on the topic “Soil Fertility Preservation” was held as part of the ‘’Field Day’’ - PhosAgr

    On August 18, discussion on the topic ‘’Coronavirus for animals: how to avoid a new epidemic?’’ took place at the Valdai Club conference hall in Moscow.  The forum was attended by Alexander Butenko, Head of the Department of Arboviruses and the Lab

03/08/2021 Oleg Kobiakov, Director of FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, took part in the Green Project of the Year 2021 award ceremony held within the framework of VI Russian Championship “Woodcutter of the 21st Century” in Ustyansky Distric

As part of preparations for the landmark UN Food Systems Summit in New York this September, a virtual independent dialogue saw today eight countries come together to discuss how they will transform national food systems and drive progress towards the Sust

30 July, town of Novoivanovskoye, Odintsovo district, Moscow Oblast – Nemchinovka Federal Research Centre hosted a research-to-practice conference on “Carbon Neutrality: a New Trend in Global Economy” at its experimental site where testing and research ac