# Transboundary animal diseases pose urgent threat to global food security, FAO warns

> FAO Director-General QU Dongyu urged member countries to strengthen partnerships to prevent and control transboundary animal diseases at an information session on the new Global Partnership Programme for TADs in Rome. He warned that recent funding cuts risk undermining progress as global risks intensify. FAO cited its ECTAD programme, which has supported more than 50 countries.

- Date: 2025-11-28 · published 2025-11-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15950-transboundary-animal-diseases-pose-urgent-threat-to-global-food-security-fao
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Funding cuts to animal disease prevention raise the risk of future outbreaks that could cull herds and flocks and disrupt feed demand. The message is a long-term risk signal rather than an immediate supply shock.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral
- CHICKEN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-04-30 | [The continued threat of foreign animal diseases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65383-the-continued-threat-of-foreign-animal-diseases.md) | +1.8% | +11.0% |
| HOGS | 2018-07-27 | [Preparing for animal disease outbreaks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63904-preparing-for-animal-disease-outbreaks.md) | -7.7% | -23.6% |
| HOGS | 2021-12-08 | [Animal health experts: US ag needs to be prepared for disease outbreaks - Farm and Dairy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16314-animal-health-experts-us-ag-needs-to-be-prepared-for-disease-outbreaks-farm-and.md) | +1.0% | +9.2% |
| HOGS | 2021-02-10 | [Is the Livestock Industry Prepared for a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak? - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48494-is-the-livestock-industry-prepared-for-a-foreign-animal-disease-outbreak-pork.md) | +12.0% | +19.6% |
| HOGS | 2023-12-01 | [Diseases on farms in South Africa: recent outbreaks point to weaknesses in the system - BetsBulletin South Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16135-diseases-on-farms-in-south-africa-recent-outbreaks-point-to-weaknesses-in-the.md) | -1.9% | -3.3% |

## Sources

- fao.org: https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/transboundary-animal-diseases-pose-urgent-threat-to-global-food-security--fao-warns/en

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.