Contract farming is one way of coordinating farmers and the agribusiness firms who buy their produce. FAO is promoting contract farming in Georgia under the EU-funded European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD). A two-

Ensuring that food is safe is a complex task involving many different players. A three-year FAO project to upgrade the food safety capacities of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan held its final workshops in late February. Funded by the Government of Turkey, "Cap

Starting or participating in an agrifood business could make good sense for women in poor rural areas of Albania. A new study commissioned by FAO – and presented at a conference here today – identifies several business ideas and examines value chains and

A high-level conference in Belgrade today marks the first stage in a recently-begun four-year commitment on the part of FAO. A project worth US$3.75 million, financed by the Global Environment Facility, or GEF, is directed towards the long-term sustainabi

Improving livestock genetic resources in Moldova – with a special focus on dairy cattle – is the objective of an FAO project now in progress. As part of that initiative, a two-day workshop on artificial insemination gets under way here today. The worksho

Gender equality, social protection and rural development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a new title from FAO, was presented here today at the Central Scientific Agricultural Library. The event, organized jointly by FAO’s Liaison Office in Moscow and

The power of statistics to support change cannot be overstated. In Tajikistan, no one knows this better than the State Agency for Statistics. High-level managers and professional statisticians from the Agency recently completed FAO training on a new meth

Floods, landslides, drought, storms, earthquakes and forest fires . . . Bosnia and Herzegovina is prone to natural disasters that hurt agriculture. Supported by the Swiss Government, FAO organized a conference here today on “Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

People everywhere want their food to be safe – free of harmful toxins, viruses, bacteria, veterinary drugs, or excess additives. For this reason, national authorities in Moldova have been working with FAO to modernize their country’s food safety system.

Forests, pastures and agricultural landscapes are the focus of a new project in Turkey’s Konya Closed Basin, designed to introduce sustainable land management, climate-friendly agriculture, and conservation of the area’s biodiversity. The project – finan