FAO Report: State of Food and Agriculture: Livestock in the Balance

The Food and Agriculture Organization recently released this report, State of Food and Agriculture: Livestock in the Balance. The FAO report analyzes the rapidly changing global livestock production. Around one billion poor people depend on livestock production. The report stresses that livestock is essential to the livelihoods of around one billion poor people. Livestock provides income, high-quality food, fuel, draught power, building material and fertilizer, thus contributing to food security and nutrition. For many small-scale farmers, livestock also provides an important safety net in times of need. But the agency stressed the need for substantial investments and stronger institutions at global, regional, national and local levels, to ensure that continued growth of the livestock sector contributes to livelihoods, meets growing consumer demand and mitigates environmental and health concerns.

 

Food Safety News

Issued by the Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses, World Health Organization

No 36 - 26 January 2010: http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/newsletter/36en.pdf

IN THIS ISSUE:

•Food Safety at the Executive Board – WHO Headquarters – January 2010

•Development of the WHO Strategy for the management of zoonotic public health risks at the human–animal interface

•Call for Experts and Data for Bisphenol A

•Codex Trust Fund

•New publications available on the web

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