A delegation of government officials from the Republic of Tajikistan are in the Republic of Moldova this week, learning about a successful programme for attracting foreign remittances to investments that help develop the economy. Tajikistan plans to imple

FAO has pledged US$100 000 to help the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation develop and strengthen agrifood trade in the Black Sea region. An agreement to this effect was signed in December 2017 by FAO and the Permanent International Secret

Improved access to finance, better services and inputs for farmers, rural households, cooperatives and other small and medium enterprises in rural areas. These advantages – along with and improved capacities in Georgia’s Ministry of Environment Protection

Today at “upakovka Moscow 2018” – one of the region’s largest trade fairs dedicated to food packaging – the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and trade fair organizer Messe Düsseldorf lead a seminar on how technological innovations in packaging c

The livestock sector is a mainstay for food security and rural livelihoods and the international community must work together to make sure it achieves its potential contribution to sustainable development, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said.

An additional 5 000 households will be assisted under FAO’s emergency response and recovery programme in conflict-affected eastern Ukraine, bringing to 45 000 the number of people assisted. This time, 5 000 smallholder farms from 32 villages of Donetsk r

People take medicines to cure infections or diseases caused by microorganisms. But what happens when the disease-causing germs don’t react, because they’ve become resistant to that drug? Shepherded by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

Countries striving to meet their growing energy needs while also lowering greenhouse gas emissions are increasingly turning to renewables – such as hydro, wind and solar power – to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. One promising option, often over

Two talented children from Europe have been recognized in FAO’s 2017 global World Food Day poster contest for their depictions of how food security and rural development can change the future of migration. “I wish people would grow lots of fruits and veg

Antimicrobial resistance threatens to thrust the world into a post-antibiotic era where today’s life-saving medicines fail. Slowing the development of drug-resistant microbes is the aim of a new partnership between FAO and the Swedish University of Agricu