More than 40 percent of economically active women in Armenia are employed in agriculture, compared to about 30 percent of men. The vast majority of those women are informal workers on family farms however, and this fact has major implications for rural li

The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia organized a Regional Workshop on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (hereinafter “TFA”) impact on agrifood trade in the framework of FAO’s regional initiative Improving Agrifood Trade and Market Integr

As farmers well know, plants are forever subject to threats like insects, fungi, viruses and weeds. How can plant pests and diseases be treated effectively, without harm to the natural environment in which they grow? Farmers and plant production and heal

Effective management of water resources on irrigated lands, monitoring of irrigated and arid pastures, water conservation in irrigated agriculture, and the influence of agroforestry and protective afforestation on water conservation were the focus of the

Serbian meat producers can now apply for the “Serbian quality – Srpski Kvalitet” label - the country’s first national quality label - to set their products apart in the market. At a press conference held on 22 May in Belgrade, the Ministry of Agriculture

Wheat breeding, the traditional technique for improving yields or producing other desired characteristics, hasn’t gone out of fashion. It still has a role to play in ensuring food security, improving nutrition levels, and coping with a changing climate.

Bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites are all becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs. This means that medicines used to treat common infections are less and less effective, or even useless. The phenomenon of antimic

The list of potential food safety hazards is long and varied. Bacteria like salmonella and E. coli, mycotoxins, heavy metals, residues of pesticides and veterinary drugs, even food additives – all can cause illness or even death if present above acceptabl

Next month, some 8,000 farmers in Georgia’s Kakheti region will start receiving free text messages on their mobile phones. The SMS’s will recommend when they should apply treatments to their crops, what kind of how much. The initiative is aimed at reducin

The vast majority of agricultural holdings in the Republic of North Macedonia are less than 2 hectares, made up of multiple parcels – 7 on average. This fragmentation of agricultural land is one of the greatest challenges for the country’s agricultural se