
Delivery of livestock feed helps sustain farming in Eastern Ukraine
24/03/2017
FAO continues to deliver humanitarian aid in the conflict-affected eastern part of Ukraine, with the focus on rural people living along the engagement line. This time, 68 households are receiving up to 55 tonnes of hay, for an average delivery of about 80

Georgia gets ready for possible reemergence of cattle disease
24/03/2017
Georgia is now better prepared to confront a new cattle disease, thanks to an emergency project from FAO that is winding up this week.
Georgia saw its first two outbreaks of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in late 2016. An insect-transmitted disease characteriz

Croatia’s fruit and vegetable producers may get a bigger slice of market
20/03/2017
Croatia imports more than half of its fruit and vegetables, though it has a good potential for horticultural production.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Croatian Ministr

Simple IT solution for bottlenecks in Kazakhstan’s dairy industry
16/03/2017
A simple, innovative app could become a game-changer for Kazakhstan’s dairy industry – improving the efficiency of the raw milk supply chain.
FAO and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have trained milk procurement managers with

Europe and Central Asia transitioning to new forms of malnutrition
14/03/2017
Economic growth and rising per capita incomes have all but wiped out hunger in Europe and Central Asia. But as countries become more affluent, changing consumption patterns are giving rise to other health threats. This “food insecurity transition” is docu

Women’s access to land is focus of international conference this week
10/03/2017
Women's land rights are vital to every country’s development. Yet, those rights are routinely violated, denied, or simply not enforced. “Empowering women through access to land” is the focus of an international conference taking place here today, organize

EU, FAO and Georgia join forces to support livelihoods of displaced persons
09/03/2017
Tamaz and Nanuli Beruashvili have built their life from scratch three times now.
The couple are from Tskhinvali in Georgia, where they married, made a home and began a life together full of hope. In 1992, they had to flee during the civil war. They left

INTERVIEW: Cristina Amaral
08/03/2017
FAO takes women’s rights and gender issues very seriously. Why? International evidence and practice have proven that empowering rural women and girls is critical for agricultural development, for social and economic progress, and for sustainable developme

FAO workshop prepares countries in Europe for exotic cattle disease
06/03/2017
Recent outbreaks in the Balkans, Turkey and the Caucasus clearly show that a cattle disease traditionally found in Africa is establishing itself in Europe. At an FAO-organized meeting starting today in Budapest, experts will focus on strategies to diagnos

FAO leads key session at 10th Winter Grain Conference in Altai, Russia
02/03/2017
This week the Russian resort town of Belokurikha in the country’s Altai region hosts the 10th anniversary Winter Grain Conference – an important expert forum for analysis of grain sector development strategies. Today, a special session on the “Southeaster

With FAO help, Moldova offers a good example of handling African swine fever
01/03/2017
As the latest European country to detect cases of African swine fever, Moldova has control over the disease for now, thanks in part to a short, targeted intervention by FAO.
African swine fever is a rapidly spreading transboundary animal disease. Moldova

Modern-day contract farming holds promise in Georgia
28/02/2017
Contract farming is one way of coordinating farmers and the agribusiness firms who buy their produce. FAO is promoting contract farming in Georgia under the EU-funded European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD).
A two-

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan move to upgrade food safety capacities
27/02/2017
Ensuring that food is safe is a complex task involving many different players. A three-year FAO project to upgrade the food safety capacities of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan held its final workshops in late February.
Funded by the Government of Turkey, "Cap

FAO value chain study points to opportunities for Albanian women
22/02/2017
Starting or participating in an agrifood business could make good sense for women in poor rural areas of Albania. A new study commissioned by FAO – and presented at a conference here today – identifies several business ideas and examines value chains and

Serbia taps FAO expertise in forestry
22/02/2017
A high-level conference in Belgrade today marks the first stage in a recently-begun four-year commitment on the part of FAO. A project worth US$3.75 million, financed by the Global Environment Facility, or GEF, is directed towards the long-term sustainabi

Genetic quality of Moldova dairy cattle set to improve with FAO support
21/02/2017
Improving livestock genetic resources in Moldova – with a special focus on dairy cattle – is the objective of an FAO project now in progress. As part of that initiative, a two-day workshop on artificial insemination gets under way here today.
The worksho

New book on gender equality and social protection presented by FAO
14/02/2017
Gender equality, social protection and rural development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a new title from FAO, was presented here today at the Central Scientific Agricultural Library. The event, organized jointly by FAO’s Liaison Office in Moscow and

FAO presents new methodology for surveying family farms in Tajikistan
09/02/2017
The power of statistics to support change cannot be overstated. In Tajikistan, no one knows this better than the State Agency for Statistics.
High-level managers and professional statisticians from the Agency recently completed FAO training on a new meth

Bosnia and Herzegovina upgrades skills for assessing natural disaster damage
08/02/2017
Floods, landslides, drought, storms, earthquakes and forest fires . . . Bosnia and Herzegovina is prone to natural disasters that hurt agriculture. Supported by the Swiss Government, FAO organized a conference here today on “Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

INTERVIEW: Moldova takes further steps to ensure food is safe
06/02/2017
People everywhere want their food to be safe – free of harmful toxins, viruses, bacteria, veterinary drugs, or excess additives. For this reason, national authorities in Moldova have been working with FAO to modernize their country’s food safety system.