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FAO advocates that antibiotics and other antimicrobials should be only used to cure diseases and alleviate unnecessary suffering. Only under strict circumstances they should be used to prevent an imminent threat of infection
UN agency calls for halting use of antimicrobials on human & animals Read More
According to an FAO Intergovernmental Group (IGG) on Tea, Global tea consumption and production are projected to keep rising over the next decade, driven by robust demand in developing and emerging countries
India, China to drive Global tea consumption & production Read More
Goal is to strengthen support for agricultural cooperatives, promote inclusive growth and responsible investment in agriculture, and the SDGs
FAO, ICA renew partnership for UN Decade of Family Farming Read More
Food commodities have become a synonym of industrialised processed food and the threat of obesity is looming as large as that of hunger
FAO, IFPRI calls for nutritious global food trade Read More
Bio products can improve access to food and, if produced sustainably, help address climate change
UN agency pushes for global coordination on bioeconomy Read More
FAO’s global agricultural heritage network now comprises 50 remarkable landscapes
FAO designates new unique agricultural heritage sites Read More
The Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition in partnership with FAO, suggests ways in which governments can persuade food industry partners to provide consumers with better access to healthier diets
Getting private sector to favour nutritious, affordable and accessible diets Read More
The International Plant Protection Convention has approved standard measures on fruit flies, heat & chemical treatments, surveillance and wood packaging
Plant protection convention adopts measures to check plant pests Read More
In a bid to reduce health risks and even death, FAO has published two papers mapping ways to improve worker health and safety
Focus on helping farm labourers' cope with the heat Read More
Family farmers must remain central to bringing agroecology to scale, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva stressed in his closing remarks to the 2nd International Agroecology Symposium at FAO
Family farmers must remain central to agroecology scale-up: FAO Read More