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
Ukraine: rural communities need immediate support to plant and produce food amid ongoing war
02/06/2025
From FAO Office in Ukraine

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...

News
FAO warns: Enhanced awareness and action needed amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Europe and the Near East
05/05/2025
Europe is facing its worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth since the start of the century
Publications

Publications
Ukraine: Project Highlights - OSRO/UKR/214/MDF
06/2025
The Minderoo Foundation contributed USD 3 million to strengthen Ukraine’s national storage capacity and safeguard the grain and oilseed harvests of...

Publications
Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) – Annual report 2024
05/2025
The Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) enables the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to take rapid...

Publications
Ukraine: Project Highlights - OSRO/UKR/213/GER
05/2025
Germany contributed USD 5 144 034 to safeguard livestock assets and protect livelihoods in frontline oblasts in 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...

Photo Collection
Kyrgyzstan: Improving food security and nutrition through cash+
18/08/2024
View this gallery on Flickr.