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Cutting food waste while improving food security and environment in Ukraine
09/03/2021
An average Ukrainian generates 250-300 kilograms of waste per year; and this number is expected to rise. At that, up to 60 percent of solid municipal waste is composed of organic waste, including food waste. The current methods of waste management in Ukra

Celebrating women’s achievements
05/03/2021
On 8 March 2021, the United Nations and the world celebrate International Women’s Day, reflecting on progress made towards gender equality and women’s empowerment.

New collaboration addresses food waste in the food and hospitality sector in Turkey
04/03/2021
Hotels, restaurants and food services have a vital role to play in reducing food loss and waste. These include reviewing how they source produce, create menus, and manage leftovers and plate waste.
To ensure improvements in this area, FAO is bringing tog

FAO outlines strategy for healthy and productive livestock in Europe and Central Asia
25/02/2021
With the main aim to improve the animal health and production practices of smallholders and reduce the threat of antimicrobial resistance, FAO published an animal health and production strategy for Europe and Central Asia. Available in English and Russian

Multi-country simulation to test animal disease preparedness in the Balkans
23/02/2021
FAO and the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD) are co-leading a two-day simulation exercise in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia on foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever, two major transboundary animal

Enhanced livelihoods of rural Tajik families help overcome the COVID-19 crisis
19/02/2021
Agriculture has a central place in the culture of mountainous Tajikistan. In fact, more than 60 percent of Tajik people work in agriculture, cultivating the country’s arable land that extends over 850 thousand hectares.

FAO and Central Asia work towards climate-friendly and resilient livestock development
16/02/2021
A complex, FAO-led effort concluded by addressing the challenges posed by climate change to livestock keepers, as well as exploring opportunities of meat, milk, and wool production with lower emissions in the ecological and social structures of Kyrgyzstan

Project promotes agrotourism and digitalization for Albanian smallholder farms
12/02/2021
FAO helped to enhance diversification and competitiveness of Albanian smallholders through the promotion of agrotourism and digitalization in the agrifood sector. The one-year project, which ended recently, targeted three pilot areas in the country (Belsh

Rural people in Uzbekistan received 34 greenhouses from FAO
09/02/2021
FAO donated altogether 34 greenhouses to rural families living in Uzbekistan’s southeastern regions (Bukhara and Kamashi districts) as part of the socio-economic response to the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The greenhouses will improve t

Action plan combats dieback of pine forests in Belarus and Ukraine
29/01/2021
Belarus and Ukraine have high forest covers that provide a fundamental contribution to the wellbeing of rural populations and the national economy. To protect these forests for future generations, a new FAO project, launched today with a virtual inception