FAO emergencies and resilience

Eastern Europe and Central Asia 

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Eastern Europe and Central Asia are home to several “breadbasket” zones, with significant export-oriented production of critical agricultural inputs, grains, fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. The ongoing instability of the agri-food sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is causing an unprecedented threat to global food security. More specifically, the war in Ukraine is disrupting regional agri-food production and supply chains, and aggravating food insecurity in some of the most fragile contexts in the world. Furthermore, Türkiye continues to host the largest number of refugees in the world, posing an immense pressure on the already limited resources of vulnerable host communities.

News
News
FAO and WFP early warning report reveals worsening hunger in 13 hotspots; five with immediate risk of starvation
16/06/2025

Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali remain hotspots of highest concern, and Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned as a hunger hotspot...

News
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions – new report
16/05/2025

In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger—an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023, while...

Publications
Publications
Ukraine: Project Highlights - OSRO/UKR/026/JPN
09/2025

The Government of Japan contributed USD 1 095 000 to safeguard the food security and livelihoods of 15 528 war-affected rural farming households (50...

Publications
Türkiye: Project Highlights - OSRO/TUR/901/EC
09/2025

The European Union contributed USD 11 419 778 to strengthen the resilience and socioeconomic integration of 7 869 people, including 3 924 Syrians under...

Publications
Ukraine: Impact of the war on agricultural enterprises - Findings of a nationwide survey, October–November 2024
08/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations conducted a nationwide survey of 2 612 agricultural enterprises across 23 oblasts of Ukraine...

Multimedia
Supporting smallholder dairy farmers in Georgia under ENPARD IV
27/12/2024

Konstantine Zarkua is a smallholder dairy farmer in the Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti region of Georgia. He has become a Lead Farmer of an FAO Farmer Field...