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20 February 2020
Discussions at the IV Southern Grain Forum in Stavropol, organized by the “Southern guild of bakers, confectioners, and hospitality industry”, an association of bakers and confectioners, focused on a wide range of challenges facing the Russian agrifood sector. Low standards of living in rural areas, underdevelopment of the social, communal and...
17 February 2020
FAO special section dedicated to tools and instruments for business practices aimed at achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was held within the framework of the first COOPERATION FORUM targeting practitioners from agroindustry, investors, representatives of industry associations and unions, scientific, research, academic institutions, consultancies, and the media. The...
14 February 2020
Two prominent FAO experts delivered keynote presentations in Russia, highlighting FAO’s technical expertise and knowledge in such areas as Organic Certification and tackling diseases affecting poultry, in particular the avian influenza. “FAO has the responsibility to give organic agriculture a legitimate place within sustainable agriculture programmes,” Dr. Viliami T. Fakavā, FAO...
05 February 2020
Five years ago, on 5 February 2015, a Host Country Agreement was signed at FAO Headquarters in Rome stipulating the creation of FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation in Moscow. FAO’s key motivation was to explore and capitalize on the full capacity of Russia’s potential, knowledge and vast expertise in...
28 January 2020
“Preventing food waste, promoting circular economy” was the focus of a special session, co-organized by FAO and “Messe Düsseldorf Moscow” within the framework of upakovka-2020, one of the top  trade fairs in Russia for processing and packaging machines industry. A third of all food produced is lost or wasted, which not...