Tag: Central Asia
FAO report looks at drought response options in Central Asia
Drought is an ordinary and accepted part of everyday life in Central Asia, but climate change and increasing economic demands pose a growing threat...
Organic sector growth in Kazakhstan on the agenda at Astana Economic...
FAO and Kazakhstan Ministry of Agriculture joint session examines organic prospects through lens of 2030 Agenda
15 June 2017, Astana, Kazakhstan – The potential of...
Empowering Smallholders and Family Farms for Improved Rural Livelihoods and Poverty...
As a result of land reforms in the 1990s, Europe and Central Asia is largely a region of smallholders.
In some countries, large commercial farms...
Europe and Central Asia transitioning to new forms of malnutrition
FAO report highlights a rise in overweight and obesity – and the diseases that come along with them
Economic growth and rising per capita incomes...
FAO workshop prepares countries in Europe for exotic cattle disease
Fourteen countries and international experts convene in Budapest, to discuss prevention and control of lumpy skin disease
Recent outbreaks in the Balkans, Turkey and the...
New FAO study: conserving traditional Uzbekistan wheat
A new study entitled, Wheat landraces in farmers’ fields in Uzbekistan: National survey, collection, and conservation, 2010-2015 is now available in Russian language.
The FAO...
Caucasus, Central Asia agricultural trade is topic of Samarkand conference
International experts and policy makers will come together at a three-day conference in Samarkand next November, to review research and discuss the future of...
Europe and Central Asia set sights on better nutrition, sustainable agriculture
Full week of discussions planned as FAO regional conference kicks off in Turkey
4 May 2016, Antalya, Turkey - Having made major strides in reducing...