Animal diseases, including avian influenza, African swine fever, foot-and-mouth disease and New World screwworm, pose growing risks to food security, trade and livelihoods.

A regional initiative is helping smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia raise chickens that are more productive, resilient and better suited to local farming systems and markets.

Vietnam's tuna exports posted solid growth in the first month of 2026, even as shipments to the country's largest market, the United States, declined amid new regulatory hurdles.