The unprecedented surge of the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) this year in East Africa, Gulf of Aden and eastwards up to Pakistan and India, as well as FAO-led massive locust control operations whipped up the demand chemical and biological locust c

Indigenous peoples are stewards of natural resources and the guardians of 80 percent of global biodiversity and nutritious native foods. They are key partners in finding solutions to climate change and reshaping our food systems. Indigenous peoples play

A delegation of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation (FAOLOR) participated in the Field Day events co-organized at the Agrotechnology-2020 Testing Field in Barybino (Moscow region) by the PhosAgro 1/ and Pryanishnikov Institute of Agrochemis

On 23 July Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, met at his Moscow office with Sergey Treshkin, Deputy Director of the Department for coordination of organizations in the field of agricultural sciences (Ministry of Education and Science of Russia).

FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation (FAOLOR), together with the Central Scientific Agricultural Library (CSAL), the official depository of FAO documents in Russia, presented the Organization’s recently launched flagship publication, the “State

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily channelled through economic shocks, are expected to cause a deterioration in food insecurity conditions across the globe, states the FAO Quarterly Global Report on ”CROP PROSPECTS and FOOD SITUATION”.  Here

On 14 July, at a session webcast from the UN headquarters in New York, the Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov presented the country's first Voluntary National Review (VNR) of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

On 14 July, at a ceremony broadcast at the UN headquarters in New York, the Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov presented the country's first Voluntary National Review (VNR) of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Ahead of the Fisherman's Day, celebrated this year on 12 July, Vasily Sokolov, Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Fishery (Rosrybolovstvo), gave an interview to the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation on issues related to the development of

Addressing the FAO Council, QU Dongyu outlined his vision to face challenges related to food and agriculture On July 6, 2020, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), presented to the 164th Session of the FAO Council a second set of measures to reform the Organization aimed at making FAO more agile, efficient and accountable.

The International Day of Cooperatives is usually celebrated every first Saturday in July. This commemoration date was approved by UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/47/90 of 16 December 1992. The pioneers in the development of the cooperative movement

On 23 June, FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation held a webinar on the ongoing locust infestation in East Africa and the growing threat to the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA), as well as the Russian Federation, and presented the measures taken b

June 20 marks Word Refugee Day. The theme of 2020 is “Every Action Counts”. Every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror.  The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol help protect the fundamental rights of re

FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation in collaboration with Federal Forestry Agency and Central Scientific Agricultural Library has presented the FAO flagship publication “The State of the World's Forests 2020” (SOFO-2020) in the course of an onl

Desertification and Drought Day before 2020 known as the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, is celebrated annually by the United Nations on 17 June to promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification. It refers to

Message by Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation   Dear Russian citizens, My most heartfelt congratulations on the youngest official state holiday, the Russia Day! The adoption of the Declaration on state sovereignty on June 1

This year, on the second observance of the World Food Safety Day (7 June 2020) FAO wishes to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism and sustainable development.

For the third year, FAO marks the International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing. On this occasion, FAO is organising a webinar to highlight the progress that certain countries are making in combatting IUU fishi

To mark World Bee Day, which is celebrated this year under the slogan “Bee Engaged”, FAO’s Liaison Office with the Russian Federation held a public webinar presenting projects and initiatives that help protect bee habitats, provide these essential pollina

 At the invitation by Mr. Nikolay Nikolayev, MP, the FAOLOR on May 19. 2020 participated at the public online hearings on forest fires, organized by the State Duma Committee on natural resources, property and land relations.