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Did you know? Every quarter, FAO releases an Early Warning Bulletin on transboundary animal and plant
pests and diseases, including aquatic diseases and forest pests, which are threats that can significantly compromise food security, livelihoods, and trade. The bulletin predicts the likelihood of such threats, occurring, within a country, over the following
three months. Forecasting the occurrence of these pests...[Read more]
After 4 years of intervention in the FAO´s Millennium Development Goals(MDG1) programme, more than 1
million poultry were vaccinated against Newcastle disease in the Vanduzi, Gondola, Manica, Sussundenga, Barué and Macate districts , in the central Mozambican province of Manica. This is the balance made by FAO...[Read
more]
Today’s challenges are increasingly complex and multi-sectoral. Climate change, Antimicrobial resistance,
avian influenza, fighting poverty and suitable development share common features. They do not fit into a single ministerial portfolio. These are global issues...[Read
more]
The Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Disease of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
organised a study tour with Cambodia’s Takeo provincial authorities and other stakeholders to visit Live Bird Markets in the southern part of Vietnam, an area recognised for its successful implementation of Live Bird Markets (LBMs) improvements...[Read
more]
The Government of Myanmar and FAO are cooperating to implement the Australian funded project “Evidence-Based
Risk Management along the Livestock Production and Market Chain.” FAO, through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), organized a stakeholder consultation on 31st March 2018 in Yangon’s poultry production zone...[Read
more]
An important meeting was organised by ILRI in coordination with ICAR, CGIAR, IDRC/CRDI to strengthen
long-term partnerships of regional relevance, grounded on joint-work, between the CGIAR, Indian and other Asian lead institutes working on agriculture and health. Agriculture produces food, and food is essential to lives and livelihoods...[Read
more]
Since November 2017, using the FAO’s Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA),
FAO Mongolia has been implementing a pilot project on early actions to protect key livelihood assets, in particular, to ensure the survival of pregnant animals, young stock and new-borns of 504 vulnerable herder households...[Read
more]
Recent publications
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PPR Global Eradication Programme ::: Now
available in Arabic!!!
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Early warning bulletin
Upcoming meetings
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FMD in Wildlife
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Safe trade and FMD Control Workshop
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Training Workshop on Zoonotic Avian Influenza Risk Assessment
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One Health technical information sharing workshop
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