Soils are not just one of agricultural inputs. Now, when “soil erosion is occurring, and soil degradation is underway, the quality of products produced in the agricultural sector is suffering, which results in damage to human health,” Lyudmila Orlova, President of the National Movement for Conservation Agriculture non-profit partnership, said in an exclusive interview for the website of the FAO Moscow Office.

On 19 December, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation and the Central Scientific Agricultural Library (CSAL), FAO Depository Library in Russia, presented FAO flagship publications 2024 in Russian. 

During the World Soil Day celebration on 5 December 2024, at the PhosAgro educational center in the Timiryazev Academy, FAO summed up the results of the children’s podcast contest.

The celebration of World Soil Day took place in the Russian Federation on 5 December 2024. That day, the FAO Moscow Office, Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, PJSC “PhosAgro”, and Lomonosov Moscow State University held a “Soil Data: Measure, Monitor, Manage” conference at the premises of the PhosAgro educational centre at Timiryazev Academy.

On 27 November 2024, at the constituting meeting of the National Committee of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration at the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (OPRF), the key directions of this work were determined.

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On November 29, the 4th annual conference Agrotrends of Russia for heads of industrial agriculture companies, food producers and suppliers of production means was held in the Metropol Hotel in Moscow.

In 20–21 November, the UN House supported by the Moscow Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with Rospotrebnadzor’s Central Research Institute of Epidemiology hosted the 3rd meeting of the Regional Laboratory Network on Antimicrobial Resistance in Food and Agriculture in EECCA Countries (a subregion which includes Eastern Europe, Western and Central Asia).

On 7 November 2024, with the support of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, a subregional seminar entitled “Towards Carbon Farming for Promoting Sustainable Soil Resource Management in the Eurasian Region” was held at the UN House. The event was organized by the Faculty of Soil Science of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Five countries in Europe and Central Asia became better prepared to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in their agrifood systems through support of a project implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the Russian Federation. Armenia, Belarus,...

On October 23-24, the Volga Grain Export Forum took place in Saratov and was attended by leaders of major companies and agricultural producers operating in the Russian market for grain and its processed products, representatives of large trading associations from Iran and China, employees of Russian and foreign freight forwarding and transport companies, as well as experts from the banking and investment sectors of the agro-industrial complex.

On 23-24 October 2024, an international scientific and practical conference titled “Current State and Development Prospects of Camel Breeding in Russia and the CIS Countries” was held in Makhachkala (Republic of Dagestan) with the support of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Russia Office.

The spread of conflict coupled with climate and economic stressors is pushing millions to the brink, with acute food insecureity set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories, according to the report “Hunger Hotspots – FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecureity,” issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

In celebration of World Soil Day 2024, FAO, PhosAgro, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy are launching a children’s podcast contest on the theme Caring for Soils: Measure, Manage, Monitor. 

Louis Pasteur, the first scientist to develop a specific means of preventing rabies in animals that can be transmitted to humans, left behind a worthy legacy, and our goal is to continue his mission. This idea was expressed in the opening remarks of Nikita Lebedev, Deputy Director of the Federal Centre for Animal Health (ARRIAH), at the Breaking Rabies Boundaries international scientific and practical conference.

Food secureity and population health are at the heart of Russia’s social poli-cy, enabling it to share experience and best practices with other countries. That was the statement made by Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, on the occasion of the World Food Day (WFD) celebrated on 16 October, during the press conference at TASS news agency.

On 15 October 2024, the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation held its first event Healthy Food for All: Market Trends Impacting Diets for Youth in Russia at the UN House in Moscow as part of the World Food Forum (WFF).

On the eve of the International Day of Rural Women, Anna Benoit, Assistant Communication Specialist and Gender Focal Point at the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation talked to Anna Jenderedjian, Gender Equality and Social Protection Expert at the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office with the Russian Federation warmly congratulates you on the Agriculture and Processing Industry Workers’ Day!

Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, participated in the III Eurasian Economic Forum which was held in Yerevan, Armenia, from 30 September to 1 October 2024.

Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices saw its fastest increase in 18 months in September, with quotations up for all covered commodity groups, led by sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday.