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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have launched the Atoms4Food initiative to help boost food security and tackle growing world hunger. It will support countries to use innovative nuclear techniques in enhancing agricultural productivity, reducing food losses, ensuring food safety, improving nutrition, and adapting to the challenges of climate change.

Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-and-fao-launch-atoms4food-initiative-11232607

An initiative to strengthen global preparedness for future pandemics like COVID-19 has been launched by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The project, called ZODIAC, builds on the IAEA's experience in assisting countries in the use of nuclear and nuclear-derived techniques for the rapid detection of pathogens that cause transboundary animal diseases, including ones that spread to humans.

Date: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-project-to-bolster-preparedness-for-pandemics

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