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 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

News
FAO launches a $150 million Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan for Ukraine to support war-affected rural communities
17/04/2025
From FAO Office in Ukraine

News
Europe and Central Asia: To feed the population, sustainable water management is essential, UN report says
02/04/2025
From FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Publications

Publications
Improving food security and nutrition through cash+ in Kyrgyzstan
10/2024
Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked, lower-middle-income country in Central Asia with a population of 7 million.
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Publications
Anticipatory action: Annual report 2023
10/2024
In 2023, about 281 million people in 59 countries faced high levels of acute food insecurity, marking the fifth consecutive year of rising humanitarian...

Publications
The Republic of Moldova: Project Highlights - OSRO/MOL/012/JPN
09/2024
The Government of Japan contributed USD 840 000 to strengthen the capacities of 6 279 vulnerable farming households in drought-affected regions in the...
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
Afghanistan: Cash + livestock protection packages
05/03/2025
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