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LinkTADs project ends – Major achievements
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]
US$ 5 million livestock traceability project gets under way in Georgia
FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
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]
Antimicrobial resistance 101
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]
Ensuring wildlife and livestock coexistence vital for international trade and environmental
protection
FAO Regional Office for Africa
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]
Upcoming events
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2nd Regional consultation for the prevention and control of HPAI in West and central Africa
28-29 November 2016 (Abuja, Nigeria)
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GIS Spatial Analysis training for Animal Health Officer in Indonesia
28-30 November 2016 (Jakarta, Indonesia)
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East Africa Regional Veterinary Field Epidemiology: Follow-up training course
28 November-2 December 2016 (Nakuru, Kenya)
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Training of Veterinarians in Epidemiology and control of FMD and PPR
29-30 November 2016 (Peshawar, Pakistan)
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FAO component of the USAID EPT-2 programme: Value chain and system characterization workshop
29 November-1 December 2016 (Nakuru, Kenya)
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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
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Pastoralists’ complex tenure rights are key to community resilience
25 November 2016 ::: FAO press release
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FAOSTAT offers more, better and easier-to-access data on key agricultural indicators
22 November 2016 ::: FAO press release
[Read full news]
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