"This type of museums never age. However, they need to be upgraded periodically to keep up with the times." Mr Oleg Kobiakov, Director of FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, made this statement at the launch ceremony of the modernized Willi

  Preparations for the UN Food Systems Summit in Russia are in the final phase The Second Sustainable Development Goal (the SDG 2) is to eliminate hunger, ensure food security, improve nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. It may be achieved o

  12 May 2021, Budapest, Hungary - Although severe hunger has not been a major issue in Europe and Central Asia in the past 20 years, the region is in part facing an increase of moderate food insecurity - understood as irregular access to nutritious and

  On 27 April, the FAO Regional Office in Budapest held the 2nd Dialogue on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in Europe and Central Asia. Experts from the countries of the region, including Russia, discussed the problems of agri-fo

On 26 April, during a videoconference dedicated to shaping Russia’s stance at the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit in September, the organizer of the National Dialogue for the Summit, Prof. Alexander Yakovenko, Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, informed the participants about the work done and outlined the action plan. 

On 23 April 2021, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation in cooperation with the Faculty of Soil Science of Lomonosov Moscow State University held a round table ‘Soil Biodiversity of Russia’. 

On 15 April 2021, XXII April Conference Associated Event entitled Food Loss and Waste: Global Trends and Russian Realities organized by the Institute for Agrarian Studies of HSE University and the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation. The event

 For more than six decades, space science and technology have been helping to solve global problems, including climate change and food security.

                       On 7 April, a round table was held at the Rossiya Segodnya Press Center. The event was dedicated to the launch of the Russian coronavirus vaccine for animals, developed by the Federal Center for Animal Health (FGBI ARRIAH) and regi

Excellent start in life with UN Volunteers   In 2020 and 2021 Rinat Kapev and Kamila Novak won the recruitment process for the UN Volunteers (UNV), financed by the Russian Federation and organized specially for the Food and Agriculture Organization of t

  On March 30, the online seminar focused on “Integrating information on peatland management into climate reporting” was held in Moscow bringing together international academics and practitioners, including FAO experts in this field, and their Russian co

   22 March, on the occasion of the International Day of Forests (IDF), the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation in cooperation with the Federal Forestry Agency of Russia (Rosleskhoz), the UNEP Russia Office and with the support of the UN Infor

  On the occasion of World Wildlife Day the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Office in Russia with the support of the UN Information Centre in Moscow convened on 3 March this year a sympos

  FAO Liaison Office in Moscow jointly with the UN Global Compact Network Russia and Joint Russia-OHCHR (the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) Programme with the support of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Minist

  Remote satellite sensing is one of the most effective methods of monitoring world’s forests, which for many years has enabled us to track changes in the most preserved areas, forests suffering from serious fragmentation, and conduct assessment at vario

Russia has celebrated the World Pulses Day 10 February, on the occasion of the World Pulses Day, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation organized an online symposium aiming to carry the message about the usefulness of pulses as nutritious foo

The issue of demographic preservation and, in this context, combating poverty became the core of the discussion at the round table conducted by the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation on 3 February. By providing an interesting opportunity to propose

We take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the #FoodHeroes, who, despite the circumstances continue to supply food to local communities and the world, following the motto “Grow, nourish, sustain. Together".

FAO Food Price Index hits a three-year high in 2020, following additional gains in December The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities.  The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) aver

Dear Readers, Colleagues and Friends, Summing up the outgoing year 2020 is not an easy task as it was very different from the chain of the years that preceded it – happy and not so, brighter or gloomier but still incomparable to what we have witnessed in the last twelve months.