Zinaida Zobkova, Doctor of Technical Sciences, answered the questions of the FAO Moscow Office on occasion of the International Women’s Day, which is celebrated under the theme “For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment” this year.

On 26–28 February, the city of Belokurikha in Altai Krai hosted the XVIII Winter Grain Conference. The Altai Grain Processors Union, ProZerno analytical company and Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) organized this annual event under the auspices of Altai Krai Government and Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

The Third Global Grain and Pulses Forum organized by the Russian Union of Grain Exporters and Producers was held on 17–18 February in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The large-scale event brought together the representatives of government bodies and industry associations from Ghana, Egypt, India, China, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Tunisia, Türkiye, and Ethiopia.

The Moscow Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a press briefing dedicated to the 10-year anniversary of signing the Agreement for the establishment of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation and the Organization’s upcoming 80th anniversary this year.

On 6 February, the Tenth Mountain Grain Assembly, one of the most influential forums for key players in the grain market: leading experts, agricultural producers and traders from all Russian regions, finished its work in the resort town of Rosa Khutor in Krasnodar Krai.

Today, fisheries and especially aquaculture are ones of the most dynamically developing areas of industrial agriculture, and it is highly likely that they will be the determinants of ensuring global food security in the future.

The Risks of the Current Season round table was held as part of theAgroTech 2025 Expo international exhibition of technologies for the production and processing of potatoes, vegetables and fruits. Igor Shpakov, Senior Consultant at the FAO Moscow Office, delivered his “Global food security trends: challenges and opportunities” presentation there. 

The One Health approach emphasizes the interconnected health of humans, animals, and ecosystems. By fostering collaboration across sectors like agriculture, healthcare, and environmental management, One Health aims to tackle complex global health challenges, such as emerging diseases, through integrated solutions.

Rome - The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined in December compared to the previous month, led down by a drop in international sugar quotations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday.

Soils are not just one of agricultural inputs. Now, when “soil erosion is occurring, and soil degradation is underway, the quality of products produced in the agricultural sector is suffering, which results in damage to human health,” Lyudmila Orlova, President of the National Movement for Conservation Agriculture non-profit partnership, said in an exclusive interview for the website of the FAO Moscow Office.

On 19 December, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation and the Central Scientific Agricultural Library (CSAL), FAO Depository Library in Russia, presented FAO flagship publications 2024 in Russian. 

During the World Soil Day celebration on 5 December 2024, at the PhosAgro educational center in the Timiryazev Academy, FAO summed up the results of the children’s podcast contest.

The celebration of World Soil Day took place in the Russian Federation on 5 December 2024. That day, the FAO Moscow Office, Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, PJSC “PhosAgro”, and Lomonosov Moscow State University held a “Soil Data: Measure, Monitor, Manage” conference at the premises of the PhosAgro educational centre at Timiryazev Academy.

On 27 November 2024, at the constituting meeting of the National Committee of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration at the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (OPRF), the key directions of this work were determined.

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On November 29, the 4th annual conference Agrotrends of Russia for heads of industrial agriculture companies, food producers and suppliers of production means was held in the Metropol Hotel in Moscow.

In 20–21 November, the UN House supported by the Moscow Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with Rospotrebnadzor’s Central Research Institute of Epidemiology hosted the 3rd meeting of the Regional Laboratory Network on Antimicrobial Resistance in Food and Agriculture in EECCA Countries (a subregion which includes Eastern Europe, Western and Central Asia).

On 7 November 2024, with the support of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, a subregional seminar entitled “Towards Carbon Farming for Promoting Sustainable Soil Resource Management in the Eurasian Region” was held at the UN House. The event was organized by the Faculty of Soil Science of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Five countries in Europe and Central Asia became better prepared to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in their agrifood systems through support of a project implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the Russian Federation. Armenia, Belarus,...

On October 23-24, the Volga Grain Export Forum took place in Saratov and was attended by leaders of major companies and agricultural producers operating in the Russian market for grain and its processed products, representatives of large trading associations from Iran and China, employees of Russian and foreign freight forwarding and transport companies, as well as experts from the banking and investment sectors of the agro-industrial complex.

On 23-24 October 2024, an international scientific and practical conference titled “Current State and Development Prospects of Camel Breeding in Russia and the CIS Countries” was held in Makhachkala (Republic of Dagestan) with the support of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Russia Office.