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February 10, 2017

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Feed safety and antimicrobial resistance under the spotlight

Feed safety and antimicrobial resistance get central stage at the yearly, long-established get together of feed regulators and industry representatives from around the world. A record number of participants joined the 10th International Feed Regulators Meeting in Atlanta, USA and addressed together some of the priorities of the sector; namely, feed safety risk management and strategies to minimize antimicrobial resistance [read more]

Concerted action needed to stop diseases and pests from ravaging the food chain

Photo: ©FAO1 February 2017. FAO toolbox shows how prevention, early warning, preparedness can save lives and livelihoods. Food availability and food hygiene are compromised every day by diseases and pests that plague plants and animals as well as various types of contaminants. [...]

Alarm as lethal plague detected among rare Mongolian antelope

Photo: ©FAO27 January 2017. Addressing wildlife risks add to urgency of global campaign to eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants by 2030 [read the news] [video] [audio]

in action

Photo: ©FAO6/2/2017. FAO is committed to assisting drought-hit communities in Ethiopia. The importance of livestock

Photo: ©FAO6/2/2017. The rise of unregulated livestock production in East and Southeast Asia prompts health concerns – UNFAO

Photo: ©FAO1/2/2017. H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza now confirmed in Uganda: FAO’s support to the East African Region

Photo: ©FAO1/2/2017. Digital tools for data collection and analysis: EMPRES and Imperial College London to collaborate on advanced field data analysis

Photo: ©FAO25/1/2017. Animal welfare issues are subject of increased attention

Photo: ©FAO23/1/17. Agriculture and livestock critical for ensuring food security in North Waziristan

 

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coverFAO’s Global Animal Diseases Surveillance and Early Warning System (no. 1, January 2017)

coverGender assessment of dairy value chains: evidence from Ethiopia

Photo: coverEl Plan de Acción de la FAO sobre la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM) 2016-2020

Photo: coverGuidance Notes - Livestock in Protracted Crises

video  Credits: © FAO
Livestock in Bangladesh

video  Credits: © FAO
Distribution of agricultural inputs and livestock in the conflict and disaster-prone areas of Myanmar

 DID YOU KNOW?

Photo: coverApproximately 70% of diseases affecting people have animal origins

 

 

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