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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.
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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

Europe and Central Asia reinforce commitment to transform food systems for better nutrition
21/01/2022
For three days, FAO Members from Europe and Central Asia discussed current agricultural issues that are key to transforming the region’s food systems for better nutrition. Ending today, the Forty-Second Session of the European Commission on Agriculture al

Countries of Europe and Central Asia look at various aspects of food systems’ transformation
18/01/2022
Reflecting nutritional challenges in Europe and Central Asia, the Forty-Second Session of the European Commission of Agriculture (ECA) is dedicated to transforming food systems to address all forms of malnutrition in the region. Starting tomorrow in a hyb

Central Asian countries work towards better animal health
12/01/2022
An effort to improve animal health in Central Asia that started in March 2019 concluded with 2021. Despite the COVID-19 and related limitations, FAO managed to redesign the project and, whenever possible, move to a virtual format to achieve goals set up a

FAO-Hungarian Government Scholarship Programme 2022–2023
11/01/2022
The following Master of Science degree course is offered in English for the 2022–23 academic year:
Food safety and quality engineering (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences)
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The following university and facult

Transforming food systems through the power of photography
22/12/2021
For each and every one of us, food tells a story. It starts with agriculture, and our actions influence its journey, each step of the way. The food we choose and the way we consume it affects our health and that of our planet - making all of us part...