ФАО крепит единый фронт в борьбе с супербактериями
15/11/2023
В Москве под гостеприимной крышей Дома ООН состоялось 2-е ежегодное совещание участников Региональной лабораторной сети по устойчивости к противомикробным препаратам в пищевой продукции и сельском хозяйстве в странах Восточной Европы, Закавказья и Центральной Азии (ВЕЗЦА).
Цифровизация аквакультуры – уверенный шаг в будущее
14/11/2023
В настоящее время аквакультура в глобальном масштабе является одной из наиболее динамично развивающихся отраслей АПК, и если попытаться заглянуть за горизонт, уже сейчас с большой долей уверенности можно сказать, что именно это то направление будет формировать глобальную продовольственную безопасность в недалёком будущем.
FAO at the Moscow dialogue on sustainable development of Indigenous Peoples
07/11/2023
On 2–3 November, FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation took part in the Public-Private Partnership for the Sustainable Development of Indigenous Peoples International Forum organized by the Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs (FADN), the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON), and PJSC “MMC “Norilsk Nickel”.
Индекс продовольственных цен ФАО в октябре снизился
03/11/2023
Зафиксировано снижение международных котировок риса, пшеницы, пальмового масла и свинины
Рим – Как сообщила в пятницу Продовольственная и сельскохозяйственная организация Объединенных Наций (ФАО), в октябре базовый показатель мировых цен на продовольственные товары снизился незначительно, на 0,5 процента по сравнению с предыдущим месяцем; при этом индекс цен на молочную продукцию перешел к росту.
World Food Day at RUDN University: water is common wealth of humankind
18/10/2023
On 18 October, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation jointly with the UN Information Centre in Moscow and the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) named after Patrice Lumumba held a scientific and practical conference “Water is life, water is food” dedicated to World Food Day within the framework of the World Food Forum – 2023.
Water is life. Water is food
16/10/2023
On 16 October, on the occasion of the World Food Day (WFD) celebrated annually on the date of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) foundation in 1945, a press centre of the TASS News Agency hosted a conference on this year's t
Memorandum of Understanding between FAO and Timiryazev Academy. Second round!
16/10/2023
On 16 October, during World Food Day, a solemn ceremony was held to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FAO and the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (RSAU-MTAA).
“Food, our daily bread, is the fo
Tamara Fiodorova: “As soon as rain stops, we till the land to retain moisture”
13/10/2023
Potatoes, cabbage, courgettes and other vegetables can grow even in a harsh climate. And Tamara Fiodorova knows how to get good yields on her land in Rassoloda, a village in the Sakha Republic, a part of Russia known as Yakutia. The trick, she says, is to grow locally adapted crops developed by local breeders.
FAO insight into cold chains, aquaculture, and fish trade
04/10/2023
As part of the VI Global Fishery Forum and Seafood Expo Russia held on 27–29 September at Expoforum in St. Petersburg, Oleg Kobiakov, Head of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, participated in two significant events: Cold Chain Eurasia In
FAO at the VI Fishery Forum in St. Petersburg: Chinese FISH ROAD
02/10/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Moscow participated for the sixth time in the Global Fishery Forum & Seafood Expo Russia, which this year took place on 27-29 September at the Expoforum in Saint Petersburg.
On the first day of the forum, Oleg Kobiakov, Dire
Rabies control: a model for One Health collaboration
28/09/2023
The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), called the Quadripartite Alliance (QPT), together with nationa
Languages will lead you to FAO. UN celebrates Translation Day
28/09/2023
Professional translators and interpreters are particularly valuable resources in any organization, especially in those embedded in the system of international relations as the United Nations (UN).
Staff in the UN language units and its specialised agenci
In the homeland of the "father of apples": FAO at the "Gardener’s Day 2023" in Michurinsk
18/09/2023
On 14 September, the Overview of the fruit and vegetable sector in Eurasian and Economic Union countries, prepared by the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (Budapest) with the technical assistance of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), w
FAO at EEF: Eurasian Agroexpress is gathering pace
15/09/2023
On September 11, within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Oleg Kobiakov, Head of the FAO Moscow Office, spoke at the session “Eurasian Agroexpress: New Opportunities for Trade in the Asia-Pacific Region-2023” organized b
The Year of Millets 2023 in Russia: FAO and Timiryazev Academy get young people interested in this crop
08/09/2023
On 5 September, as part of the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023), PRO PROSO student scientific and practical marathon organized by the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (RSAU – MTAA) and the FAO Liaison Offi
The Year of Millets – 2023. An FAO “plot” in the Kursk Region: growing millets with and without fertilizers
21/08/2023
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.
Youthful and mature, or the youth for a healthy ecology
16/08/2023
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
Oh deer, take me away! Indigenous Peoples of the North of Russia celebrate Reindeer Herder's Day
08/08/2023
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
Ilana Zakharova: “I am an Even, I was born in a family of reindeer herders, in the Sebian Kuyol village in Central Yakutiya”
08/08/2023
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.
FAO visits agrarian and academic cluster of Saint Petersburg
31/07/2023
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