Healthy animals are the basis of successful, profitable, and sustainable livestock production. Especially in the case of poultry, the help of veterinary laboratories is essential to protect the health of flocks. Still, several laboratories in Europe and

World Food Day has once again brought more than 20 trucks full of donated food into the heart of Budapest. As has been happening every year since 2006, the convoy, organized by FAO and the Hungarian Food Bank Association, made a short stop at Heroes’ Squa

International Day of Rural Women 2020

This year tested humankind on how we score in resilience. This is also at the heart of FAO, aiding the Organization, along with two additional fundamental principles, sustainability and innovation, during an eventful 75 years of existence. The World Food

FAO was established on 16 October 1945. To commemorate this day, year by year, World Food Day reminds us about the pressing issues of hunger, malnutrition, and obesity. In 2020, the COVID-19 global health crisis has been a time to reflect on things we tr

An FAO workshop will bring a closer understanding of agricultural policy distortions in eight post-Soviet countries. The event will cover a niche by providing a platform to present and discuss preliminary findings of an upcoming study on quantitative agri

A wide range of actors were brought together by FAO’s virtual regional dialogue on scaling up the response of food and agriculture sectors to the COVID-19 crisis with the ultimate goal of protecting livelihoods and transforming food systems. As a baseline

Despite the limitations in travel and face-to-face meeting due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, FAO continues to bring people together, online, to discuss African swine fever (ASF) – a lethal, viral, transboundary animal disease of domestic pigs and wild

Border entry restrictions and lockdown measures, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, have affected seasonal and circular migration, as well as food security in many countries across Europe and Central Asia. To this end, FAO has organized a webin

Global tourism has all but ground to a halt amid the COVID-19 pandemic, causing heavy economic losses, job cuts, and uncertainty. But this pandemic has also given the world a chance to reimagine tourism – to rebuild an industry that is safer, more equitab