This Regional Priority Programme, implemented since 2016, consists of three main interrelated components.
While international trade policy is usually implemented at the border, adherence to food safety, quality standards, and controls for animal and plant diseases requires the support of national systems for disease prevention and control to facilitate the safe transfer and movement of food and agricultural commodities across borders. This means that a supportive policy environment for agrifood trade encompasses not only border policies, but also policies and institutions at national and enterprise levels. Effective markets and efficient, sustainable value chains will help all actors in the production chain play their part in a cohesive food system.
Featured news
Feeding our cities: How the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the movement of food in urban areas
16/12/2024
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way food is moved, sold, and bought in urban areas worldwide – creating some new trends and accelerating others. In...
FAO project paves the way for the Chestnut Route in Albania
11/12/2024
As part of One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), “Sustainable Chestnut...
FAO and five countries combat antimicrobial resistance in the agrifood systems of Europe and Central Asia
15/11/2024
Five countries in Europe and Central Asia became better prepared to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in their agrifood systems through support...
Nomadic roots, modern routes
07/11/2024
Raised with livestock, Mahammad and his community have long depended on animals as their main source of income. Moving around together solidified...
Comprehensive analysis provides in-depth assessment of agrifood systems in the Black Sea region
17/10/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released a flagship report entitled
FAO technical Commission reviews current issues of European fisheries and aquaculture sectors
11/10/2024
The week of 7–11 October has been all about the European fisheries and aquaculture sectors in Pula, Croatia with the international symposium, "Building...
From Baranja to the world
07/10/2024
For nearly 120 years, farmers in the northeastern region of modern-day Croatia have been making and enjoying artisanal dried sausage from high-quality...
FAO pledges support to Landlocked Developing Countries across four priority areas
06/09/2024
The Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) QU Dongyu highlighted the large untapped potential of Landlocked...
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Analysis of the table grape value chain will provide a roadmap for sector growth
10/07/2024
A landmark workshop held recently launched a project that will transform the table grape sector in the Republic of Moldova to be more sustainable, resilient...
Culture, cuisine and countryside
02/07/2024
Agritourism is a great example of a systems approach that brings together many interrelated sectors: agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, marketing,...
Quadripartite meeting in Vienna advances One Health in Europe and Central Asia
17/06/2024
A three-day seminar on One Health, co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment...
Harvesting data from space to inform policy predictability and investments in Ukraine’s grain sector
28/05/2024
In Ukraine, access to quality grain production estimates has worsened due to the ongoing war. In response, a three-day technical meeting at FAO on 11-13...
In the Western Balkans, FAO builds capacity in investigating outbreaks of African swine fever
24/05/2024
African swine fever (ASF) is a very serious animal disease that may kill up to 100 percent of infected animals, both domestic pigs and wild boar of...
Innovation, digitalization and resilience in agrifood systems are key for Europe and Central Asia
15/05/2024
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Events
28/ 1
2025
Round table to discuss prevention and control measures against echinococcosis
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), 28/01/2025
The roundtable, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 28 January in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, will focus on the current situation of echinococcosis in the country and planning collaborative actions. Representatives from the Ministry of water resources, agriculture and processing industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology an...
28/ 1
2025
29/1
2025
Training on organic certification
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), 28/01/2025 - 29/01/2025
A two-day training seminar for the Kyrgyz Department of Organic Agriculture, Statistics Agency and Customs Committee staff and other related state bodies on inspection, certification and data-collection systems will be organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 28-29 January 2025 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
19/ 1
2025
25/1
2025
Training on epidemiological assessment and risk assessment for animal health in Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), 19/01/2025 - 25/01/2025
In Kyrgyzstan, the practical workshop on epidemiological surveillance and risk assessment for animal health will focus on enhancing participants' skills in epidemiological surveillance, risk analysis, and qualitative risk assessments. The workshop will cover key topics such as animal health surveillance systems, prevalence estimation, disease detection surveys, and risk-based surveillance ...
Contact
Mary Kenny
Food safety and consumer protection officer
20 Kalman Imre utca
H-1054 Budapest
Hungary
Tel: +36 1 8141-251
Previous initiatives
See also
Sustainable Development Goals
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