28.10.25
FAO’s 80th anniversary: how global agriculture changes
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is marking its anniversary. Over the decades, 194 countries have joined the organisation, and its initiatives are helping to develop agriculture worldwide. In Lesotho, for example, support is being provided to farmers growing potatoes, while in Nigeria investment is being directed into the development of fish-farming operations.
How can a single crop transform the life of an entire kingdom? And which FAO projects is Russia contributing to?
Find out in our report.
TV BRICS reporter: Yana Panferova
TV BRICS cameraman: Armen Sargsyan
Translated and voiced by Artificial Intelligence.
Photo: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
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