Improving livestock genetic resources in Moldova – with a special focus on dairy cattle – is the objective of an FAO project now in progress. As part of that initiative, a two-day workshop on artificial insemination gets under way here today. The worksho

Gender equality, social protection and rural development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a new title from FAO, was presented here today at the Central Scientific Agricultural Library. The event, organized jointly by FAO’s Liaison Office in Moscow and

The power of statistics to support change cannot be overstated. In Tajikistan, no one knows this better than the State Agency for Statistics. High-level managers and professional statisticians from the Agency recently completed FAO training on a new meth

Floods, landslides, drought, storms, earthquakes and forest fires . . . Bosnia and Herzegovina is prone to natural disasters that hurt agriculture. Supported by the Swiss Government, FAO organized a conference here today on “Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

People everywhere want their food to be safe – free of harmful toxins, viruses, bacteria, veterinary drugs, or excess additives. For this reason, national authorities in Moldova have been working with FAO to modernize their country’s food safety system.

Forests, pastures and agricultural landscapes are the focus of a new project in Turkey’s Konya Closed Basin, designed to introduce sustainable land management, climate-friendly agriculture, and conservation of the area’s biodiversity. The project – finan

It has been almost 17 months since the nations of the world adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. To keep up the momentum and start delivering measurable results, FAO is dedicating a three-day confe

Today the Dairy Union of Russia, Foodbank Rus, Sfera publishing house, and Tara i Upakovka (Package and packaging) magazine became some of the first Russian organizations to join SAVE FOOD – the Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction. An acces

As the ninth Global Forum for Food and Agriculture wound down in Berlin this week, FAO expertise and ideas on the subject of water and agriculture became key “takeaways” for many participants. The Organization was well represented throughout the three-day

A massive increase in animal production over the past few decades has raised a wide range of ethical issues, including concern for animal welfare. Retailers and the food industry are asking for higher animal welfare standards for foods of animal origin, a