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.  

  FAO Assistant Director-General Vladimir Rakhmanin attends the EAEU Agro-Industrial Policy Council working meeting 19 May 2020, Budapest/Moscow -  FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia Vladimir Rakhmanin

The Institute for Agrarian Studies at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics (HSE), an FAO partner, jointly with the National Association for Technology Transfer and the Skolkovo Foundation, launched a report on “Innovative development of the agro-industrial

  Contribution will boost efforts aimed at controlling and eliminating the pest FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has thanked the Russian Federation for boosting the fight against the Desert Locust outbreak in East Africa by making a $10 million contri

The first ever meeting between the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation (FAOLOR) in Moscow and the Permanent Mission of The Russian Federation to FAO and other UN Agencies in Rome was held in the format of a videoconference, for the purpose of s

Dear colleagues, We are extremely pleased to invite you to the Global 24-hour Digital Marathon: Food for Earth to bring together bright minds and best practices on sustainable food systems for regenerating the Planet, organized by the Future Food Institu

                      Dominique Burgeon, Director of FAO's Emergency and Resilience Division, explained why the health crisis can be compounded by a hunger crisis, and how the Organization is gearing up to help most vulnerable communities which are less

A cookbook produced under the Russia-funded FAO project “Developing capacity for strengthening food security and nutrition” on improving nutrition in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, has been awarded the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Awards with

Russia 24 TV Channel. Program “Evening 5th Studio” hosted by Stas Natanzon on 7 April, 2020 Live interview with the Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office with the Russian Federation Oleg Kobiakov. A

  Message by Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation    Dear Russian citizens! Today, all the peoples of the world courageously fight the coronavirus pandemic, which knows no borders, mobilize all their potentia

  Maximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist and Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)   What We Know Countries have shut down the economy to slow the spread of

On the occasion of International Day of Forests Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation (LOR), hosted at FAO’s Moscow office Mikhail Klinov, Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Agency for Forestry (Rosleskhoz). The two senior executives discussed the state of bilateral relations and promising avenues of further cooperation.

To mark the International Day of Forests (IDF) celebrated annually since 2013 in accordance with the decision of the UN General Assembly, a joint press conference was held at the Moscow UN House, co-organized by the Russian Federal Agency for Forestry (Ro

Mutually interesting and promising areas of cooperation were discussed during a meeting between Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, Aghasi Harutyunyan, FAO Liaison Officer, and Academician Vladimir Trukhachev, Rector of the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (RSAU – MTAA).

Mr. Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, delivered a video message of greetings to the FAO important partner, Bashkir State University that celebrates today its 110th anniversary: “For over a century, the Bashkir

  Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, met with Artak Kamalyan, Member of the Board - Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) – the executive body of Eurasian Econ

The experts of FAO’s Liaison Office with the Russian Federation delivered an introductory lecture on the mission, mandate and field activities of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for students of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and students of Moscow Higher School of Economics (HSE).