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ProjectFactsheetEnhancing National Veterinary Service Delivery Capacity in Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda - MTF/INT/610/BMG 2025
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No results found.Animal healthcare services are crucial for managing livestock diseases and enhancing productivity, especially in regions with low veterinarian availability, like sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Structural adjustments in these regions have shifted public veterinary services to focus on disease surveillance and control, limiting broader livestock healthcare. Private-sector veterinary paraprofessionals (VPPs) are pivotal in filling this gap, reaching rural livestock farmers, including women. However, they face challenges, including gaps in training, lack of professional development, remote work environments, competition from unqualified providers, and poorly regulated veterinary product markets. These obstacles often prevent VPPs from sustaining their businesses, exacerbating service access gaps. To address these challenges, FAO received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to pilot a sustainable VPP-driven animal health service model. In collaboration with HealthforAnimals and the World Veterinary Association (WVA), FAO selected Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda for project implementation, following comprehensive assessments of each country’s legal and regulatory environment. -
ProjectFactsheetImprovement of National Capacity to Conduct Disease Surveillance Including Veterinary Diagnostics - TCP/AZE/3706 2022
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No results found.In order to reduce its dependence on oil, the Government of Azerbaijan has adopted a strategy to diversify the economy, including the agriculture sector In this context, increased livestock production and the establishment of commercial livestock enterprises have been encouraged An important prerequisite for the sustainable growth of the livestock sector is the prevention and control of transboundary animal diseases ( including zoonoses The 2016 2020 Strategy for the development of agriculture and the agricultural product processing sector envisaged strengthening food security in a sustainable manner and increasing the production potential of agricultural products It was recognized that, in order to increase livestock production, the capacity to monitor the health of animals was required One example of missed economic opportunities in the absence of disease surveillance was the status of Peste des petits ruminants ( a devastating sheep and goat disease that represents a huge impediment to the development of the small ruminant value chain. -
ProjectFactsheetStrengthening National, Regional and Global Capacities on Sustainable Soil Management and Soil Information - GCP/GLO/993/EC 2023
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No results found.Soils provide many critical ecological services, as well as being crucial for achieving food security and nutrition, as 95 percent of our food production is linked directly or indirectly to soils. However, recent assessments have demonstrated the extent to which soils are deteriorating. In fact, about one third of our soils globally are facing moderate to severe degradation, affecting the productivity of the one billion smallholders who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods, as well as the commercial farming and forest sectors. In this context, the importance of soil management is underestimated - including management in the field and in data collection and analysis - in the fight for food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and biodiversity conservation. The availability of soil data is highly heterogeneous in different regions, and in many developing countries there is no information about soil status, leading to agricultural practices that are frequently not appropriate for local conditions. Against this background, the project comprised the third phase of a European Union funded FAO project, advocating for enhanced soil governance and the dissemination and adoption of sustainable soil management (SSM) worldwide, as well as the improvement of soil data and information availability.
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BookletCorporate general interestFAOSTYLE: English 2024The objective of having a house style is to ensure clarity and consistency across all FAO publications. Now available in HTML, this updated edition of FAOSTYLE: English covers matters such as punctuation, units, spelling and references. All FAO staff, consultants and contractors involved in writing, reviewing, editing, translating or proofreading FAO texts and information products in English should use FAOSTYLE, together with the practical guidance on processes and layout questions provided in Publishing at FAO – strategy and guidance.
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