FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

22/08/2017
With consumer demand for organic foods on the rise, FAO is working with Central Asian countries to develop their capacities for organic agriculture. A three-day international conference on the topic opens here today, with leading experts and other players
21/08/2017
High-seas illegal fishing and depleted marine fish stocks have grabbed headlines for years, sparking public concern and prompting governments to cooperate and take action, culminating in the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 on oceans and seas. But what
17/08/2017
A new FAO project targets Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey, for development of vocational skills in the agriculture sector. The aim is to provide employment opportunities for some 900 people in five provinces of Southern Turkey: Adana, Gazia
03/08/2017
A global drive to reduce food losses and waste all along the value chain has arrived in Ukraine, where this week the fisheries and aquaculture sector tackles the issue. Experts from FAO’s Fisheries Division in Rome, Italy are conducting a training course
28/07/2017
Ukraine is setting its priorities when it comes to dealing with climate change, and an FAO project that starts today is designed to help with that process. Setting priorities for national climate change mitigation and adaptation for the Ukrainian agricul
24/07/2017
Seventy percent of food worldwide is produced by smallholders, including family farms and private households. Connecting those small producers to processing facilities and markets can be a challenge but it is possible, as an international conference in As
21/07/2017
Viticulture, the science of growing grapes, dates back as far as 8 000 years in Armenia. The country has a favourable setting for grape production and it is a lucrative business even today. But not paying enough attention to preserving genetic resources
20/07/2017
FAO continues to deliver humanitarian aid in conflict-affected eastern Ukraine, with a focus on rural people living along the line of engagement. This time, some 2 750 households within the 8-kilometer zone are receiving one-day-old poultry. The help com
20/07/2017
The city of Voronezh, in southern Russia, will be the venue for the next FAO Regional Conference for Europe, in May 2018. Preparations were kicked off with a recent visit to Voronezh by Vladimir Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Repre
18/07/2017
In Italy, the agricultural cooperative movement has been going strong for well over 150 years. It was the ideal setting, then, for a recent study tour by Croatian fruit and vegetable farmers. Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unit
13/07/2017
Food security, nutrition, food safety, and natural resource management are important components of a five-year cooperation agreement signed recently between FAO and Turkey. Covering the period 2016-2020, FAO’s new Country Programming Framework for Turkey
12/07/2017
Solar-powered water pumps, improved livestock feeding, energy-efficient cold storage – these are just a few of the green technologies and practices that can help the agrifood sector shrink its carbon footprint.  But understanding the extent to which farm
12/07/2017
When switching from a traditional apple orchard to a modern intensive one, solid information and know-how make all the difference. More than 100 Tajik farmers and entrepreneurs attended a recent investment conference in Dushanbe to learn what, and what n
05/07/2017
The potential of Turkey’s Konya Closed Basin to adopt an environmentally more sustainable approach to crop production – known as Conservation Agriculture – will be discussed at a three-day international conference opening here today.  Attended by represe
04/07/2017
FAO:  ‘Communicating effectively about forests and the role they play is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’ Strengthening strategic communications on the importance of forests and forestry in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Centr
03/07/2017
Funds will help countries in the region improve food security, rural development and natural resource management.
28/06/2017
Counterfeit seeds cheat farmers of the high-quality, high-yielding crops they rely on to make a decent living. A new law – drafted with help from FAO legal experts and adopted recently by the Parliament of Georgia – protects the market from falsified seed
27/06/2017
The future of “green jobs” in the forest sector is the focus of an international workshop opening here today. Promoting and developing green jobs, identifying new skills that will be needed by the European forest sector, and supporting sustainable develo
21/06/2017
People are interested in modern agricultural biotechnologies and biosafety, but often they lack the knowledge needed for informed discussion – or the public space in which to debate the issues. This week in Ankara, government officials and renowned scien
20/06/2017
A modern national food safety system for Ukraine’s fishery products – in line with European Union requirements – is the overarching goal of a new FAO project launched here today. Funded by Norway and carried out in close collaboration with Ukraine’s Mini