» Screw Worm Outbreak in Yemen. An outbreak of the insidious ´screw worm´ fly in Yemen, is threatening livelihoods, in a country where rearing livestock is a traditional way of life. In recent weeks, a Ministerial delegation was at the IAEA in Vienna, Austria, to turn to the international community for emergency assistance to fight the deadly pest. Full Story »

» Golden Wheat "Greens" Kenya´s Drylands. [...] The progress is life-saving at a time when wheat crops in Kenya and other African countries are plagued by a virulent new strain of fungus called "wheat rust" that threatens the region´s farmlands. Full Story »

» Water Efficiency of Animal Protein Production. The livestock sector is the fastest growing agricultural sector and has been predicted to continue growing at these rates for the foreseeable future. Livestock production has been shown to be economically important and is related to increasing incomes in poor rural areas.
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» Belching Ruminants, a minor player in atmospheric methane. Since 1999 atmospheric methane concentrations have leveled off while the world population of ruminants has increased at an accelerated rate. Prior to 1999, world ruminant populations were increasing at the rate of 9.15 million head/year but since 1999 this rate has increased to 16.96 million head/year. Full Story »

» Tacna and Moquegua Regions in Southern Peru Declared Fruit Fly Free Areas. The Animal and Plant Health Service (SENASA) of Peru, a decentralized public institution of the Ministry of Agriculture, has informed that Peru, after more than 20 years of dedicated efforts has achieved the eradication of very destructive horticultural fruit fly pests ... Full Story »

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» 12 - 14 May 2008
Conference on Predicting Disease Patters According to Climatic Changes http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/full_display.php?ida=a07150, Trieste, Italy.
Technical Secretary: Hermann Unger

» 19 - 21 May 2008
Euroresidue VI – Conference on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food, Egmond an See, The Netherlands.
Technical Secretary: A. Cannavan

» 9 - 13 June 2008
Regional Workshops on Integrated Analytical Approaches to Monitor, Control and Comply with Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Technical Secretary: I.G. Ferris