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International Women’s Day 2022: Perspectives from FAO in the field
08/03/2022
Every year on 8 March, International Women’s Day is celebrated to honour women's social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. This year's theme is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow,” targeting the achievement of gender equality

Fishing for the future in the Mediterranean
01/03/2022
Romeo Mikičić has been fishing in the azure waters of the Adriatic Sea for more than 40 years.The father of two is passionate about the sea and comes from generations of fishers who lived on the island of Cres, one of more than a thousand islands in the R

Central Asian countries pledge for more sustainability in agriculture
01/03/2022
Cultivating the land and raising livestock means survival and even life for millions of people living in rural areas of Central Asia. Today, the agricultural ministers of Central Asian countries expressed their commitment to ensure more sustainability in

In rural North Macedonia, FAO helps improve sustainable and resilient development
24/02/2022
Rural communities in North Macedonia are shrinking. As they have in many parts of the world, rural residents have been heading towards urban areas or abroad in search of a more dynamic quality of life and better income opportunities.
Often, rural areas a

FAO helps achieve COP26 goals in agriculture, land use
22/02/2022
The effects of climate change have been significant around the globe, with considerable challenges for agricultural production and food security.
The Europe and Central Asia region, with its great variety of climates, landscapes, aquatic environments, so

In Georgia, FAO and EU spur investments in agriculture through grants
08/02/2022
In the last two years, FAO and the European Union (EU) awarded a total amount of circa USD 5.1 million as a matching grant to the agricultural producers in Georgia. The grant support co-funds various capital investments in Georgia’s agriculture sector to

Training helps prevention, control, and eradication of a contagious small ruminant disease
03/02/2022
At a three-day FAO workshop starting today, nine countries around the Black Sea basin learn risk-based approaches to prevent, control, and eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a highly contagious animal disease affecting sheep and goats.
The virtu

Georgian red wheat bread revives tradition and sparks agritourism potential
01/02/2022
When Zaza Ivanidze and his wife, Tinatin Chilingarashvili, first baked bread using flour from the ancient and endangered, local red wheat variety, akhaltsikhe tsiteli doli, on his tiny farm in Georgia, he found the taste took him on a nostalgic journey in

Healthy soils for a healthy people and planet: FAO calls for reversal of soil degradation
28/01/2022
FAO’s Director-General addresses the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin

North Macedonia’s agriculture becomes more climate resilient through quality seed production
27/01/2022
Climate change has a detrimental effect on Macedonian agriculture contributing to water scarcity, temperature variations, intense drought, severe fires, and flooding. At the same time, declining biodiversity causes (or triggers) reduced yields and damage