On 16 August, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation made a field visit to the Kursk Region, one of the breadbaskets of the Russian Black Earth Region. A meeting with the representatives of the Scientific Research Institute of Agro-Industrial Production, Kursk State Agricultural Academy, and the largest Russian producer of fertilizers – PhosAgro Company – took place in the village Cheryomushki in the Kursk Region on the trial field of the Federal Agricultural Kursk Research Centre.

On the occasion of the International Youth Day, which is celebrated on 12 August, the FAO Moscow Office the day before held a round table entitled “Green Skills for Youth”. Students, young scientists and entrepreneurs, social activists discussed the skill

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Thompson Rivers University implemented a joint short-term training programme from January to March 2023 for Indigenous female students and researchers to support the FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recognizes that the world's reindeer herders, through their traditional knowledge, experience, and skills, have developed unique food systems to preserve pastures, manage natural resources

During a visit to Saint Petersburg from 25 to 28 July 2023 to take part in the Second Russia-Africa Summit, a delegation of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation headed by its Director Oleg Kobiakov was the guest of three largest academic and

Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019

  On July 6-7, the Baltic Grain Assembly “White Nights – 2023” was held in St. Petersburg, it was attended by the leaders of the grain sector, heads of companies operating the market of grain and processed products, logistics companies, as well as leadin

  On 21 June, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the  FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, delivered welcoming remarks at the opening of the 28th international specialized trade fair “MVC: Cereals – Mixed Feed – Veterinary – 2023”. “Over the years, t

  On 16 June, as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation in Moscow, spoke at the “Healthy Eating – Healthy Development” section under the slogan of “Pr

  On 15 June, within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation Oleg Kobiakov addressed the section “Social Support Projects for the Population as Drivers of Ec

On the sixtieth anniversary of the WHO/FAO Commission on Food Standards (Codex Alimentarius) On 7 June, the Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Biotechnology hosted a scientific symposium on “Global challenges and New Risks in Food Safety”. Earlier,

  On 5 June, the TASS platform and the Ecumene Discussion Club hosted a press conference to mark World Environment Day.  The press conference was traditionally moderated by Victoria Kladieva, a leading specialist at the TASS Press Centre.  "Every year,

  On 30 May, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Moscow Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, presented the Global Meat Market Review at the summit “Russian Agrarian Policy: Products Safety and Quality”, a part of the international exhibition “Meat

  On May 19, in the forest heart of Bashkiria, the historical and cultural complex Shulgan-Tash in the Southern Urals, a scientific and practical symposium was held on the occasion of the World Bee Day (WBD) 2023. The events were organized by the FAO Lia

  “Trends in the development of the agricultural sector and ensuring food security worldwide and in the region of Europe and Central Asia”. These were the problems addressed by Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation

  On May 19, Russia celebrated the World Bee Day 2023 in the Shulgan-Tash historical and cultural complex in the Burzyan District of Bashkiria, in the Southern Urals. On this occasion, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation together with the

  From May 11 to May 12, The city of Arkhangelsk hosted the Conference on Bioresources and Fisheries in the Arctic. Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, welcomed the participants of the plenary session "Aquatic b

  On April 27, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Moscow Office, took part in an open webinar at the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy on “Protecting the planet’s soils from degradation and depletion. Internationa

  The FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation jointly with the Institute for Agrarian Studies of Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE) have organized the presentation of the FAO flagship report entitled “The Future of Food and Agriculture – Drivers

  While industrial fishing has reached its limit, a kind of "The limits to growth", global aquaculture is consistently and steadily increasing production capacity, Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, told the pl