Europe and Central Asia Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2024
Managing water sustainably for improved food security and nutrition
This report provides the latest updates on hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in Europe and Central Asia, including the cost and affordability of healthy diets. It also explores the central theme of water security, highlighting its critical connections to agriculture, food security and nutrition. While the region has made progress in reducing hunger and food insecurity (SDG Target 2.1), challenges remain in eliminating all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2).
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Capitalizing on experiences on community seed production in Europe and Central Asia
10/2025
This publication, "Capitalizing on experiences in community seed production in Europe and Central Asia: Review report of implementation, constraints, and opportunities" examines the concept of community seed production, its link to different types of seed systems, existing challenges, and role of smallholders in community seeds.
Seeds of Heritage: The Journey of GIAHS in Europe and Central Asia
10/2025
This booklet presents the progress and future steps of the FAO programme Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in the Europe and Central Asia region. It aims to provide a clear overview of the regional current state of identification and dynamic conservation of these agricultural heritage systems,highlighting their role as "living laboratories” of resilience, biodiversity, cultural heritage and sustainable agricultural practices to global challenges.
Capitalizing on experiences on permaculture in Europe and Central Asia
09/2025
This publication "Capitalizing on experiences on permaculture in Europe and Central Asia: Practical manual for small-food producers", is the second part of a two-part series, which also includes "Capitalizing on experiences on permaculture in Europe and Central Asia: Review report of implementation, constraints, and opportunities". The manual focuses on food and agriculture-related practices that support the integration of sustainable agriculture and food systems into broader ecosystems.
Europe and Central Asia Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2024 - Managing water sustainably for improved food security and nutrition
03/2025
This report provides the latest updates on hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in Europe and Central Asia, including the cost and affordability of healthy diets. It also explores the central theme of water security, highlighting its critical connections to agriculture, food security and nutrition.
Geographical indication schemes in Croatia, Hungary and Poland
01/2018
General rules concerning geographical indications (for food products) are the same in all European Union countries. In light of this, the aim of the report is not to focus on the solutions of the community; rather, the report attempts to answer the question of how and for what purpose European quality policy tools are used in these countries.
Ukraine: Impact of the war on agricultural enterprises
08/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations conducted a nationwide survey of 2 612 agricultural enterprises across 23 oblasts of Ukraine between October and November 2024. The survey covered crop and livestock producers of all sizes, excluding areas that were inaccessible at the time of data collection. The survey aimed to assess the impact of the war on agricultural enterprises’ operations, production trends and storage capacity; quantify damage and losses to assets and land...
Europe and Central Asia Gender Newsletter, August 2025 – Issue #19
09/2025
This edition highlights the launch of the Country Gender Assessment for Belarus, the adoption of Uzbekistan’s new Gender Strategy for Agriculture, and progress in Kosovo to strengthen rural women’s land and property rights. It also reports on gender-transformative approaches in fisheries and aquaculture in Tajikistan and FAO’s broader efforts to scale up gender equality work in the country, a landmark parliamentary declaration on rural women’s rights in Montenegro...
Proceedings of the Conference on management advice to reduce cormorant predation impacts
09/2025
The Conference on Management Advice to Reduce Cormorant Predation Impacts was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 3 June 2025, organized by EIFAAC and hosted by the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The event brought together 230 participants from 31 countries. The conference presented scientific and economic evidence on cormorant predation and discussed the second draft framework for a European management plan for the great cormorant.
Gender, agriculture and rural development in Europe and Central Asia
09/2025
The present regional overview is based on these Country Gender Assessments and synthesizes their findings to create a regional snapshot of persistent inequalities. The overview, hence, highlights priority issues as an evidence base for continued efforts by FAO, strategic partners and other stakeholders in technical assistance, policy development, project implementation and advocacy.
Gender mainstreaming in climate investments in the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector in Europe and Central Asia
09/2025
This resource guide aims to support decision-makers, development practitioners, trainers and civil society organizations representing both farmers and rural women in designing and implementing climate investment projects and programmes in the Europe and Central Asia Region. It features a practical conceptual framework to enhance gender mainstreaming in climate investment programming with a particular emphasis on the Green Climate Fund and Global Environment Facility modalities.
Special issue on Land Consolidation
08/2025
A special edition of the Land Tenure Journal to commemorate 100 years of land consolidation in Europe, building on insights from an online discussion and the LANDNET workshop that took place in May 2025. This special issue aims to showcase the diverse experiences of land consolidation and outline future directions. It includes an overview paper by the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU) Land Tenure Team, several papers from Western European countries detailing...
Food and agriculture Key to Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Europe and Central Asia
05/2019
This publication presents FAO's work in support of the achievement of the SDGs in Europe and Central Asia. Featuring selected country case studies across the region, it describes how FAO and partners are already supporting countries to achieve multiple SDGs targets through current project and programmes.
Reducing Vulnerability of Agriculture to Climate Change in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - TCP/MCD/3503
05/2019
Agricultural production is inextricably tied to climate, making agriculture one of the most climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. In countries such as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the risks of climate change for the agricultural sector are a particularly pressing problem, because the majority of the rural population depends either directly or indirectly on agriculture for their livelihoods.
National gender profile of agriculture and rural livelihoods
08/2025
The Country Gender Assessment (CGA) for Tajikistan offers a comprehensive analysis of gender equality in agriculture and rural development. It identifies key gender disparities, examines their root causes and impacts, and proposes actionable recommendations for gender-responsive policies. Despite being the main agricultural workforce and playing a critical role in food security, women’s contributions remain undervalued, under-recognized, and largely unpaid.
Monitoring and reporting of gender equality in landownership in Albania
08/2025
Albania has committed to gender equality, aligning national laws with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and linking its European Union integration efforts with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly on land rights Indicators 5.a.1 and 5.a.2. Responding to the lack of data on SDG Indicators 5.a.1 and 5.a.2 in Albania, this assessment reviews policy frameworks, progress made, challenges faced and key avenues for overcoming them to enable monitoring and reporting.
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Proceedings of the EIFAAC workshop on the problems and challenges of climate change, and its impact on inland aquatic resources and fisheries of Europe
08/2025
The EIFAAC workshop on the problems and challenges of climate change, and its impact on inland aquatic resources and fisheries of Europe was held virtually on 8 April 2025. It was organized by the EIFAAC Secretariat and Inland Fisheries Ireland. The workshop was attended by 119 participants from 23 countries.The workshop brought together leading researchers with the aim to examine how climate change is impacting inland aquatic systems and fisheries.
Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach
07/2025
The purpose of Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach is to clarify what a systems approach involves in practice across agrifood systems. It explains what a systems approach means in the context of agrifood systems, why it matters and how to adopt it.
FAO in Europe and Central Asia 2024
06/2025
This publication summarizes very succintly the key achievements and collaboration for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Europe and Central Asia region, despite the backdrop of ongoing challenges such as the war in Ukraine, climate change and political instability.
Impact assessment of women-led cooperative programme 2025
07/2025
The “Impact assessment of women-led cooperative programme” aims to evaluate the socioeconomic impact of FAO –Türkiye's cooperative support programme under the European Union-funded project "Promoting Resilience Through Improved Livelihoods." The results of this assessment will be instrumental in informing future programme strategies, policy recommendations and capacity-building initiatives.
Gender dynamics in pesticide use and management in Central Asia and Türkiye
07/2025
Gender and age are critical sociodemographic determinants of pesticide use, management and exposure. This paper examines pesticide use among farmers and farm workers in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Türkiye, based on farmer surveys and expert interviews conducted under the GEF/FAO project “Pesticide Life Cycle Management and Disposal in Central Asia and Türkiye” (GCP/SEC/011/GFF) in 2020 and 2021.