Rome – The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices edged lower in October, as weaker import demand contributed to month-on-month declines in the price indices for cereals, dairy products and meat, according to new data released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

What do old family recipes and traditional wild-hive beekeeping have in common?  Both are part of the living heritage of the Republic of Bashkortostan, which the residents carefully preserve and pass on to future generations. In the new issue of the series FAO for People: Villages with Status, Museums with Soul we talk about the village of Zyak-Ishmetovo, where culinary traditions unite representatives of different peoples, and about the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve, home to the Burzyan bee and the centuries-old tradition of wild-hive beekeeping.

The heroes of the new installment: Krasny Yar village, nominated to participate in the FAO Villages Recognition initiative, and the Tému Ethnocultural Centre, which has applied for inclusion in the FAO Museum Network (MuNe).

On 13 October 2026, the World Food Forum National Youth Chapter in Russia: concept discussion and partners suggestions round table was held at the Higher School of Economics. The meeting was granted the status of an event of the World Food Forum (WFF) 2026 and was entirely dedicated to discussing the concept of a Forum National Youth Chapter in Russia. Representatives from UN institutions, government agencies, universities, business, and public associations, together with students, examined opportunities for young people to participate in ensuring food security at the national and international levels.

Eduard Porvatov, Consultant at the FAO Moscow Office, took part in the flagship events of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in the Republic of Korea: the 10th East and North-East Asia Multi-Stakeholder Forum on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the North-East Asia Development Cooperation Forum.

On 14 October, FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation convened a roundtable on Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems: Knowledge, Practices and Development Prospects. Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) hosted the meeting as part of the World Food Forum that took place on 12–16 October at FAO Headquarters in Rome. Maria Bukhaeva, Consultant on Indigenous Peoples at FAO Moscow Office, moderated the roundtable.

Bringing together medical doctors, veterinarians, scientists and representatives of relevant authorities dealing with rabies – that was the goal of the scientific conference on the World Rabies Day. Stronger Together hosted by the Moscow Department of Health Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital No. 1 (State Budgetary Healthcare Institution Infectious Diseases Clinical Hospital No. 1 (IDCH No. 1) of the Moscow Department of Health) on 7 October 2026. The meeting put the One Health principle into practice: it explored disease prevention through the lens of interconnection between human, animal and environmental health.

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FAO launched the FAO 100 Women Heroes in Agrifood Systems and Rural Development global initiative to mark the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026. Natalia Sukhanova from Russia, an entrepreneur from the Voronezh Region and founder of the Romanovy Prostory farm, became one of the winners. 

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Jasmine Fouad, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Executive Secretary, provided responses to interview questions from the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation.

In the lead-up to World Food Day, celebrated on 16 October, and as part of the World Food Forum, the FAO Liaison Office for the Russian Federation is launching a series of publications about Russian rural settlements and museums participating in the FAO Villages Recognition and Museum and Network (MuNe) initiatives.

Rome – FAO’s benchmark measure of world food commodity prices increased in September, due mostly to transportation disruptions and weather concerns that constrained availability as well as to higher quotations for crop-based commodity groups, according to new data released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

On the third day of the Fishery Forum in Saint Petersburg, FAO presented the latest editions of FAO Fisheries Technical Papers translated into Russian and focusing on the fisheries sector in the Mediterranean basin, which includes the Black and Azov Seas.  Haydar Fersoy, FAO's senior expert on fisheries and aquaculture and Secretary of the Central Asian and Caucasus Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Commission (CACFish), delivered a comprehensive report.

Eduard Porvatov, a consultant at the FAO Moscow Office, took part in the Tenth North and Central Asia Multi-Stakeholder Forum on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

FAO actively participated in the discussion at the Fishery Forum in Saint Petersburg, which was held as part of the Fish in the Age of Globalization: Economics and Consumption of the New World – From Price to Value round table organized by the Fish Union non-profit organization.

This is the ninth year that the FAO Moscow Office has been actively involved in the work of the largest fisheries exhibition platform in the Russian Federation – Global Fishery Forum in St. Petersburg. On the first day of the Forum, FAO and its Russian industry partner the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO) held a roundtable: The State of Global Fisheries and Aquaculture in 2026

On 11 September, the scientific and practical conference “Innovative Approaches and Technological Breakthroughs to Solve the Strategic Tasks in the Horticulture of the Russian Federation” was held within the framework of the 20th All-Russian Exhibition, Gardener’s Day–2026, in the city of Michurinsk, Tambov Region. Along with the hosts of the venue, scientists from Ekaterinburg, Moscow, Krasnodar, Orel, Stavropol and Belarus also took part in it.

Day of Languages of the Peoples of the Russian Federation, established in November 2025 to protect, maintain and develop linguistic diversity of the country, is observed on 8 September. On the eve of the Day, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation interviewed Valentin Andreytsev (descendant of the ancient Udege Pionka clan), representative of the Udege People, an Indigenous People of the Far East.