Throughout Europe and Central Asia, wild boar raid crops and spread swine diseases, negatively affecting agriculture, conservation, road traffic and the health of livestock, wildlife and even humans. Due to their increasing densities and expanding ranges,

If we try to picture how humanity can make “affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy” available to everyone by 2030, as stated in Sustainable Development Goal 7, a few things come to mind: solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal plants, heat pu

Around a quarter of human-produced carbon-dioxide is absorbed by the ocean, causing it to acidify and ultimately harming marine life, fishing and tourism. This is just one piece of information that children in Montenegro can learn from the Climate Change

First World Bee Day to be observed on 20 May 2018.

The Thirty-first Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe which took place for the first time in the Russian Federation concluded its work today after three days of intense discussions. It was the fifth in a series, following on the heels of spri

Ideas that might have sounded naïve or unrealistic just a few years ago are now firmly planted in the public conversation about food and agriculture. How to make the best use of digital technologies? How to eliminate food waste and loss? How to ensure th

FAO chief also calls for action to stimulate healthy diets and to curb food loss and waste.

Investing in grain policies, farmers and infrastructure“Even our Ukrainian national flag reminds you that we are an agricultural country,” said Vladyslava Rutytska, the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food in Ukraine from 2014 to 2016."On the botto

News organizations are advised that plenary debate on all agenda items of the 31st FAO Regional Conference for Europe will be webcast from the Conference venue in Voronezh, Russian Federation, starting Wednesday 16 May at approximately 11.00 a.m. WEBCAST

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Russian Social and Industrial Foodservice Institute will open a greenhouse today at secondary school No. 15 in the Proletar village of the Vakhsh district in Tajikistan. Under an F