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FAO, GEF launch project to nurture natural resources in Central Asia and Turkey
04/06/2018
In the past 50 years, the population of the Central Asia region has tripled. With the need to feed a larger number of people amid increasingly limited water resources and highly vulnerable climatic conditions, the region faces serious food security challe
Greenhouses opened in Armenian schools to improve students’ nutrition
01/06/2018
Greenhouses are opening in rural schools in Armenia’s Ararat region today with the goal of increasing schoolchildren’s dietary diversity and improving their nutrition. All three greenhouses – in the public schools of Vedi, Verin Artashat and Surenavan – a
Serbian grain heavyweights meet to boost exports
01/06/2018
Serbia’s main grain industry stakeholders gathered last month to discuss ways to increase exports, a significant milestone in developing dialogue between public and private institutions in the country.
Players – including grain producers, processors, exp
Moldovan smallholders should cooperate for better access to international markets, FAO suggests
31/05/2018
Fragmented land, limited access to finance and limited knowledge among small-scale food producers are among the main constraints to growth highlighted in the FAO report Republic of Moldova Value Chain Gap Analysis, published recently.
This study consolid
Lumpy skin disease prevention and response: a new challenge for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine
30/05/2018
The occurrence of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in the Caucasus and the Russian Federation highlights the potential for further spread to other countries in Eastern Europe. Belarus, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine make the list of at-risk countries, where
FAO’s novel wild boar map could help manage African swine fever
28/05/2018
Throughout Europe and Central Asia, wild boar raid crops and spread swine diseases, negatively affecting agriculture, conservation, road traffic and the health of livestock, wildlife and even humans. Due to their increasing densities and expanding ranges,
Wood energy is no sleeping giant, say UNECE/FAO experts
24/05/2018
If we try to picture how humanity can make “affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy” available to everyone by 2030, as stated in Sustainable Development Goal 7, a few things come to mind: solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal plants, heat pu
FAO, UNDP scale up education on climate change in Montenegro
23/05/2018
Around a quarter of human-produced carbon-dioxide is absorbed by the ocean, causing it to acidify and ultimately harming marine life, fishing and tourism. This is just one piece of information that children in Montenegro can learn from the Climate Change
Bees must be protected for the future of our food
21/05/2018
First World Bee Day to be observed on 20 May 2018.
Agrifood sector in Europe and Central Asia rated ‘innovative’ and ‘inclusive’
18/05/2018
The Thirty-first Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe which took place for the first time in the Russian Federation concluded its work today after three days of intense discussions. It was the fifth in a series, following on the heels of spri