Director-General José Graziano da Silva Peru joins Port State Measures Agreement to combat unregulated fishing 27 September 2017, Rome – Peru has become the latest country to join global efforts against illegal fishing by acceding to a FAO-brokered international pact. Peruvian Ambassador to Italy and the UN agencies in Rome, Luis Carlos Antonio Ibérico Núñez, […]
GLOBAL – A stronger global effort, including larger investments and improved surveillance measures, is required to ensure that antimicrobials are used responsibly and in ways that do not threaten public health and food production, according to FAO Deputy Director-General, Maria Helena Semedo. GLOBAL – A stronger global effort, including larger investments and improved surveillance measures,
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New technology, precision nutrition, big data and nutrigenomics may be among tools that feed manufactures and animal producers will need to consider as production evolves to meet increasing demands, say experts. Kentucky-based animal nutrition company, Alltech, presented a webinar on Monday (25 September) titled Farming the Future, and looking, in part, at the role that
ZIMBABWE – Gweru-based poultry producer, Fairhill Chickens’ production has plummeted by more than 25 per cent owing to the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza virus commonly known as bird flu, which broke out in the country in May. ZIMBABWE – Gweru-based poultry producer, Fairhill Chickens’ production has plummeted by more than 25 per cent owing
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