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
Empowering local voices: social media training for Armenian farmers’ groups
05/02/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has trained Armenian farmers’ formal and non-formal groups in social media to modernize...
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
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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
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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
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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
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Events
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2025
6/2
2025
Brucellosis progressive control workshop for countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus
Budapest (Hungary), 04/02/2025 - 06/02/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will host the ‘Brucellosis progressive control workshop’ between 3 to 6 February in Budapest, Hungary, aimed at supporting the prevention, control, and elimination of brucellosis in Central Asia and the Caucasus. This regional workshop will introduce the...
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.
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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