Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Deciphering the genomic signatures of climate vulnerability across 77 sheep breeds

Abstract Among domesticated species, sheep ( Ovis aries ) have achieved a wide geographic distribution due to their mobility, rusticity and ability to adapt to diverse environments and climatic conditions. Here, we characterise the genome-wide diversity of >1,000 sheep representi...

Pesticide use safety practices and knowledge gaps among small-scale farmers, retailers and healthcare providers in Tanzania

Agriculture is a cornerstone of Tanzania’s economy, with most production driven by small-scale farmers. In efforts to manage pest-related crop losses, pesticide use has increased significantly, heightening concerns related to human health, environmental sustainability, and regula...

Evaluation of the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Peste Des Petits Ruminants (PPR), Sheep and Goat Pox (SGP) and Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP) Multivalent Vaccine (JOVAC-Combo®) Under Field Conditions in Somalia

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), sheep and goat pox (SGP), and contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) are diseases of small ruminants and are the major constraints to livestock trading in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Vaccination against these diseases individually is ch...

Widespread Greening but Uneven Soil Carbon Change: Twenty-Year Evidence from a Semi-Arid Eurasian Steppe

Accurate assessment of long-term soil organic carbon (SOC) change requires repeated field measurements and explicit treatment of temporal differences in soil mass. We quantified the net 2004–2024 SOC stock difference at 20 permanent monitoring sites in the semi-arid chestnut-soil...