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    Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Food and Agriculture
    Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Food and Agriculture
    Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Food and Agriculture
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    Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Food and Agriculture

    By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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    Its work in response to the many challenges of AMR is currently guided by the FAO Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2021–2025. This first report on FAO’s contribution to the global response to AMR outlines a wide range of activities undertaken by FAO at global, regional and country level.

    This report:
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    describes FAO’s role in the global governance of AMR;
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    provides an overview of progress on implementing national action plans on AMR in agrifood systems;
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    highlights key activities undertaken to implement the FAO Action Plan on AMR 2021–2025; and
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    flags key challenges and opportunities related to AMR in the food and agriculture sectors.

    The AMR response in the food and agriculture sectors requires more and better evidence, more informed, more widespread interventions to reduce the threat of AMR, greater resources, stronger capacity and more robust governance to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and sustained commitment and action based on the One Health approach to reduce AMU, particularly at country level.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Release dateApr 23, 2024
    ISBN9789251387139
    Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Food and Agriculture
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    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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      CONTENTS

      Contents

      Figures

      Acknowledgements

      Abbreviations

      Foreword by the Deputy Director-General

      Executive summary

      Section 1. Antimicrobial resistance in food and agriculture

      1.1 Overview of antimicrobial resistance in the agrifood system

      1.2 FAO’s contribution to the global response to antimicrobial resistance

      Section 2. One Health collaborations

      2.1 Quadripartite collaboration

      2.2 Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Partner Trust Fund

      2.3 Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

      2.4 Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform

      Section 3. National action plans on antimicrobial resistance: implementation status in the food and agriculture sectors

      3.1 Monitoring the implementation of the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance

      3.2 Key TrACSS data relevant to the food and agriculture sectors

      Section 4. Supporting Members in strengthening their capacities to combat antimicrobial resistance in agrifood systems

      FAO partners

      4.1 Increasing stakeholder awareness and engagement

      4.2 Strengthening surveillance and research

      4.3 Enabling good practices

      4.4 Promoting the responsible use of antimicrobials

      4.5 Strengthening governance and allocating resources

      Section 5. Challenges and opportunities: The way forward

      References

      FIGURES

      1. FAO tackles the challenges of antimicrobial resistance in food and agriculture through a One Health approach

      2. Key milestones on the road to quadripartite collaboration against AMR

      3. Priorities of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

      4. Collaborative coordination mechanism of the Partnership Platform

      5. Number of countries that have responded to the TrACSS survey since 2016

      6. National antimicrobial resistance action plans and governance

      7. Legal frameworks to support responsible and prudent use

      8. Percentage of countries responding to the 2020-2021 TrACSS survey that used data on antimicrobial resistance and/or use to inform decision-making on at least an annual basis, by sector

      9. Goals of the FAO Action Plan on AMR 2021-2025

      10. Users who accessed the e-learning course

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      FAO would like to express its sincere gratitude to all those who contributed to the development of the first FAO report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), especially the following individuals.

      The FAO AMR leadership, represented by CJWZ Chief/Chief Veterinary Officer Keith Sumption and FAO AMR Coordinator Junxia Song, for their guidance and support.

      The FAO AMR Working Group at headquarters and in regional offices, including the following officers who provided useful inputs and comments during the review process: Daniel Beltran-Alcrudo, Carmen Bullon, Sarah Cahill, Marisa Caipo, Domingo Caro III, Mark Caudell, Giuliano Cecchi, Myeongsin Choi, Alejandro Dorado Garcia, Mary Joy Gordoncillo, Jieun Kim, Simon Funge Smith, Francesca Latronico, Rodolphe Mader, Koen Mintiens, Nelea Motriuc, Scott Newman, Irene Ouoba, Jorge Pinto Ferreira, Tipparat Pongthanapanich, David Sutherland, Tenaw Tadege, and Yu Qiu.

      The FAO reporting team for leading the development and drafting of the report: Huyam Salih, Antonio Valcarce, Fallon Bwatu Mbuyi, Cai Chang, Samuel Muriuki, Junxia Song, and report writer Ian Grubb. The design team, Claudia Ciarlantini and Giada Semeraro and, Poilin Breathnach, who supported the drafting and publication process.

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