Human, animal, plant & environmental health are all inextricably linked.
This means that to address global health issues, we must collaborate across all sectors.
A
#OneHealth
approach is key.
But what is One Health exactly?
#AnimalHealth
#DYK
that there are 6 different species of camelids around the world? 🐫🐪🦙
They are:
🔸Alpaca
🔸Bactrian Camel
🔸Dromedary Camel
🔸Guanaco
🔸Llama
🔸Vicuña
The International
#YearofCamelids
2024 is all about them.
#IYC2024
To build a better future for all, we need to address global health issues by collaborating across all sectors.
Because human, animal, plant, and environmental health are all inextricably linked.
Let's work together for
#OneHealth
!
#WorldVeterinaryDay
#OneHealth
Did you know that 36% of agrifood workers in the world are women?
Yet,
#RuralWomen
earn nearly 20% less than men and have reduced access to land, credit, technology and information.
This has to change.
#LetsGrowEquality
#YearOfTheWomanFarmer
The
@FAO
Food Price Index averaged 119.1 points in April, up 0.3% from its revised March level, while down 9.6% from its year-earlier level.
Rising international quotations for meat, cereals and vegetable oils offset drops for dairy and sugar.
In 2023, nearly 282 million people experienced acute food insecurity.
Global Report on Food Crises 2024 is sounding alarm as conflict, weather extremes & economic shocks further increased hunger in already vulnerable countries.
#GRFC24
#FightFoodCrises
🔸 Floods
🔸 Droughts
🔸 Typhoons
We must focus on predicting and acting ahead of crises before they unfold.
Because
#AnticipatoryAction
saves lives and livelihoods.
Farmers, pastoralists, foresters and fishers bear the most immediate impacts of climate shocks such as
#ElNi
ño.
At
@FAO
, we know that acting ahead of crises means protecting people's lives and livelihoods with benefits that reach far into the future.
#AnticipatoryAction
17 goals.
6 years to achieve them.
1 future.
Food & agriculture lie at the heart of achieving each & every one of the 17
#SDGs
.
FAO is committed to help build a better future for all, learn how 👉
#ActNow
#4Betters
🚨 OUT NOW!
👉Joint
@FAO
/
@WHO
/
@WOAH
preliminary assessment of recent influenza A(H5N1) viruses
Insights on the public health threats and animal transmission risks linked to highly pathogenic
#avianinfluenza
(HPAI) A(H5N1).
Are you from a country or region whose efforts in restoring an ecosystem could inspire others around the world?
Get recognized as a World Restoration Flagship under the @UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration!
Apply by 31 May 👉
#GenerationRestoration
Annually over 12.5M tonnes of plastic are used in agriculture.
Plastics can boost yields but degrade into microplastics, threatening ecosystems and
#FoodSecurity
.
@LNeretin
explains what
@FAO
is doing to turn the tide on plastic pollution.
#INC4
#BeatPlasticPollution
Our world is made of an invisible web.
Loss of species weakens this web & can alter an entire ecosystem, & this affects us too.
Take pollinators for example. Without them, most of our food wouldn't exist.
@FAO
's work to protect
#biodiversity
👉
Vaccinating a goat can make a difference for rural families that depend on livestock for their livelihoods.
💉Vaccinating an animal👉0.40 USD
🐐Losing one animal👉100 USD
See how
@FAO
provides life-changing support to small farmers in remote areas in Yemen.
#WorldVeterinaryDay
Up to 60–80% of the population is engaged or reliant on agriculture for income in Sudan. But farming & pastoral activities have been scarred by over one year of conflict.
5⃣ things to know about it's devastating impact on agriculture &
#FoodSecurity
: