A regional workshop on “Strengthening the Accessibility and Visibility of Agricultural and Land Data through the Use of Semantics - AGRIS in Europe and Central Asia” was held by FAO in collaboration with the LandPortal Foundation (the Netherlands) in Moscow, 27-28 June 2019, hosted by the Central Scientific Agricultural Library (CSAL).

Moscow has a stake in maintaining Russia’s geographical and thematic priorities within the framework of cooperation with FAO after the impending change of its leadership, Alexey Gordeev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation responsible for agriculture, natural resources and environment, said in an interview to TASS news agency. 

The global tea industry has been registering tremendous growth. The overall increase in domestic consumption has been driven by demographic growth, faster urbanization and rising incomes and standard of living in the emerging and developing economies. Pe

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at the core of the global agenda with three major interrelated and intertwined elements: economic growth, social integration, and environmental protection. To achieve all of the 17 universal and comprehensively

Pesticide management and sustainable agriculture, and emerging opportunities for blockchain in the agri-food industry were among the topics covered by FAO experts at the “Agrotech-2019. Steps beyond the horizon” international forum, organized by the Natio

The two-day International forum «Agroteh-2019. Steps beyond the horizon», organized by the National Research University Higher School of Economics in conjunction with FAO and the Russian Ministry of Agriculture in Moscow, focused on innovation as the central driving force to transform food systems, lift family farmers out of poverty and help the world to achieve food security, sustainable agriculture and the SDGs.

On 14 May, the regular meeting of the Committee of Rural Women of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture was held in Moscow. Officer-in-Charge of FAO’s Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, Aghasi Harutyunyan outlined FAO’s work on tackling rural gender inequality in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The XXII edition of the awards ceremony for the national prize named after Pyotr Stolypin - “Russia’s Agrarian Elite -2019” - took place on 17 April 2019 at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.

The list of topics for the four-day IX International Veterinary Congress, which opened today in the town of Svetlogorsk, in Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad Region, was the powerful magnet that attracted experts from over 20 countries and international or

Geographical indication (GI) schemes help protect food products and produce that are characteristic to specific geographic areas.

FAO Policy Officer Dmitry Zvyagintsev contributed to a discussion held at the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) in Moscow dedicated to “Improving the efficiency of agricultural subsidies in the common agricultural market of the Eurasian Economic Union”.

In the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia 2018, FAO experts flag their concerns with regards to the situation with food security and nutrition in the region of Europe and Central Asia. 

At the initiative of FAO’s Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, a seminar on The Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing was held today at the UN House in Moscow.

On 26 March, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO held an expert session titled “From garbage riots to the UN global goals. Economic efficiency of the private sector in the framework of sustainable development in Russia”.

FAO’s Liaison Office with the Russian Federation team held an interactive video conference with students of the Law Institute of the Vyatka State University (VyatSU), dedicated to the International Day of Forests (IDF). The theme of this year’s IDF is “L

Today, 2.1 billion people do not have access to safe water resources due to factors such as economic status, gender, ethnicity, religion and age. Soaring demand compounded by poor management exacerbated water scarcity in many parts of the world at the sam

The National Research University – Higher School of Economics (HSE) held a round table on “How restrictions on fertilizer consumption might affect global agricultural markets”. Experts discussed how the efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal

For Russia, the issue of science-based restoration and sustainable, wet management of peatlands is particularly relevant. The urgency is determined by the fact that this type of wetlands perform a number of important ecosystem functions for humans. If the

FAO and Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide a framework for cooperation in areas of common interest with a focus, on knowledge and expertise sharing, and development of institutional capacities

The challenges of improving management of fisheries prioritize reaping benefits not simply from scientific monitoring and analysis but from international cooperation based, in particular, on the ability to share data and find common solutions to common pr