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

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Hobby becomes a delicious business: bringing processed locally sourced fruits and vegetables to Georgia’s major cities

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Ukraine: rural communities need immediate support to plant and produce food amid ongoing war

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

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2025

12/9

2025

Training series on ecosystem services assessment in livestock agroecosystem

15/08/2025 - 12/09/2025

The FAO Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership has announced a new series of regional trainings on ecosystem services assessment in livestock agroecosystems. The activities will take place from September to November 2025.

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2025

4/9

2025

Regional Planning Meeting for GEF-9 and GCF-2

Ankara (Türkiye), 02/09/2025 - 04/09/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been working in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) since 2006, and with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) since 2016, towards the transformation of agrifood systems to achieve climate-resilient food systems, while addressing the complex environmental challenges inherent in this process. Both organizations pla...

Featured publications

National gender profile of agriculture and rural livelihoods

2025

The Country Gender Assessment (CGA) for Tajikistan offers a comprehensive analysis of gender equality in agriculture and rural development. It identifies key gender disparities, examines their root causes and impacts, and proposes actionable recommendations for gender-responsive policies. Despite being the main agricultural workforce and playing a critical role in food security, women’s contributions remain undervalued, under-recognized, and largely unpaid.

Monitoring and reporting of gender equality in landownership in Albania

2025

Albania has committed to gender equality, aligning national laws with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and linking its European Union integration efforts with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly on land rights Indicators 5.a.1 and 5.a.2. Responding to the lack of data on SDG Indicators 5.a.1 and 5.a.2 in Albania, this assessment reviews policy frameworks, progress made, challenges faced and key avenues for overcoming them to enable monitoring and reporting.