FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

In their pursuit to ensure an equitable and sustainable future, governments can rely on FAO expertise in food and agriculture. Responding to the needs of Europe and Central Asia, the Organization is offering support in many specific areas. Find out more

Highlights

News

Statistics and the Agricultural Census in Kazakhstan: Significance and a Vision for the Future

News

FAO and “Kyrgyz Post” Issue Commemorative Stamp Series

Regional Priority Programmes

The three Regional Priority Programmes provide an integrated, programmatic approach to addressing the region’s priority issues, and guide the implementation of country programmes. Most of FAO’s work in the region contributes to one or more of these priority programmes, with food and nutrition security as a cross-cutting area of work.

Regional Priority Programme

Empowering smallholders, family farms and youth through inclusive rural transformation, digitalization and innovation

Regional Priority Programme

Transforming food systems and facilitating market access and integration

Regional Priority Programme

Managing natural resources sustainably and preserving biodiversity in a changing climate

Recent and upcoming events

23/10

2025

24/10

2025

FAO Regional Climate Workshop on Enhancing Climate Action in Agriculture in Europe and Central Asia

İstanbul (Türkiye), 23/10/2025 - 24/10/2025

Building on past Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the Loss and Damage Fund, Santiago Network, and UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, and looking ahead to COP30 in Brazil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing a Regional Climate Workshop on Enhancin...

10/10

2025

24/10

2025

43rd Session European Forestry Commission

Istanbul (Türkiye), 10/10/2025 - 24/10/2025

Created in 1947, the European Forestry Commission (EFC) is one of six Regional Forestry Commissions established by FAO to provide a policy and technical forum for countries to discuss and address forest issues on a regional basis. It meets every two years.

Featured publications

Seeds of Heritage: The Journey of GIAHS in Europe and Central Asia

2025

This booklet presents the progress and future steps of the FAO programme Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in the Europe and Central Asia region. It aims to provide a clear overview of the regional current state of identification and dynamic conservation of these agricultural heritage systems,highlighting their role as "living laboratories” of resilience, biodiversity, cultural heritage and sustainable agricultural practices to global challenges.

Ukraine: Impact of the war on agricultural enterprises

2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations conducted a nationwide survey of 2 612 agricultural enterprises across 23 oblasts of Ukraine between October and November 2024. The survey covered crop and livestock producers of all sizes, excluding areas that were inaccessible at the time of data collection. The survey aimed to assess the impact of the war on agricultural enterprises’ operations, production trends and storage capacity; quantify damage and losses to assets and land...