[FAO-EMPRES Animal Health News] LinkTADs project ends – Major achievements [cid:image013.jpg@01D2473C.17AA43D0]Launched in October 2013, the LinkTADs research consortium funded under the European Commission (EC) Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) ended on 31 October 2016. LinkTADs was all about increasing and improving the coordination in terms of animal health research (both epidemiology and laboratory aspects) between the EU and China. To do so, the project started by creating as many opportunities as possible for researchers to meet face-to-face, mostly via workshops, but also through short visits and exchanges. These face-to-face meetings planted the seeds for new collaboration...[Read more<http://www-data.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/empres/news_251116.html>] ________________________________ US$ 5 million livestock traceability project gets under way in Georgia FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia [cid:image014.jpg@01D2473C.17AA43D0]Improved standards for food safety and animal health should make Georgia’s agriculture sector more competitive. That is exactly the objective of a new US$5 million project launched recently by FAO and Georgia’s Ministry of Agriculture. The four-year project – financed by the Swiss Development Cooperation and the Austria Development Agency – will facilitate the establishment of a European Union-compliant national system for identification, registration and traceability of cattle, small ruminants and pigs...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/454430/>] ________________________________ Antimicrobial resistance 101 [cid:image015.jpg@01D2473C.17AA43D0]Around 700 000 human deaths each year are estimated to be related to antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infections. Across the globe, AMR further poses a major threat to food safety and security, livelihoods, animal health and welfare, economic and agricultural development. The intensification of agricultural production has led to an increasing use of antimicrobials – a use that is expected to increase by 67 percent by 2030. The use of antimicrobials is important for the treatment of animal and plant diseases. The correct use of this important resource through...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/zhc/detail-events/en/c/451065/>] ________________________________ Ensuring wildlife and livestock coexistence vital for international trade and environmental protection FAO Regional Office for Africa [cid:image016.jpg@01D2473C.17AA43D0]Representatives from countries in Asia and the Pacific have pledged to take immediate action to combat the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The pledge was made with the support and collaboration of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It reaffirms a wider commitment to combat AMR and increase awareness about the scale of the problem in order to stop the emergence and accelerating misuse of antimicrobial medicines in humans and animals...[Read more<http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/news/detail-events/en/c/452191/>] ________________________________ Upcoming events · 2nd Regional consultation for the prevention and control of HPAI in West and central Africa 28-29 November 2016 (Abuja, Nigeria) · GIS Spatial Analysis training for Animal Health Officer in Indonesia 28-30 November 2016 (Jakarta, Indonesia) · East Africa Regional Veterinary Field Epidemiology: Follow-up training course 28 November-2 December 2016 (Nakuru, Kenya) · Training of Veterinarians in Epidemiology and control of FMD and PPR 29-30 November 2016 (Peshawar, Pakistan) · FAO component of the USAID EPT-2 programme: Value chain and system characterization workshop 29 November-1 December 2016 (Nakuru, Kenya) · Revisión y definición de estrategias de control y erradicación de brotes de Fiebre Aftosa de acuerdo al Código OIE y el estatus sanitario 30 November-2 December (Bogota, Colombia) ________________________________ Interesting links · Pastoralists’ complex tenure rights are key to community resilience 25 November 2016 ::: FAO press release [Read full news<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/454844/icode/>] · FAOSTAT offers more, better and easier-to-access data on key agricultural indicators 22 November 2016 ::: FAO press release [Read full news<http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/451861/icode/>] EMPRES website ::: http://www.fao.org/AG/empres.html For comments or suggestions ::: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [http://www.fao.org/uploads/RTEmagicC_b471b08fe9.gif.gif]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/empres-animal_health/sets/> [Latest videos on animal health] <http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB58F4D829B7883FD> [Follow us on Twitter!] <https://twitter.com/FAOAnimalHealth> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the EMPRES-Livestock-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(EMPRES-Livestock-L,SIGNOFF);