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: Humanitarian response update, 13 June 2022
06/2022

FAO's revised Rapid Response Plan was issued on 19 April, seeking USD 115.4 million to assist 979 320 people in rural areas through December.

Publications
Ukraine: DIEM – Data in Emergencies. Commercial farmer monitoring, 23 March–14 April 2022
05/2022

In order to understand the impact of the war on the commercial agricultural sector in Ukraine, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

Publications
Ukraine: Rapid Response Plan (March–December 2022)
04/2022

The war in Ukraine that began on 24 February 2022 has led to large‑scale human suffering across all regions of the country. As the dynamics of the war...

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...