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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...
Kyrgyzstan sees opportunity in Green Climate Fund
National workshop on Green Climate Fund project formulation set for 28-30 March at Park Hotel in Bishkek.
By pooling the ideas and knowledge of technical...
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...
Empowering women to end hunger and poverty
Rural women: a driving force against hunger, malnutrition and poverty
In the varied and vital roles they play – as farmers, farm workers, entrepreneurs, caregivers...
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...
FAO Food Price Index edges higher in February
New forecasts point to drop in wheat output after record 2016 harvest
2 March 2017, Rome-The FAO Food Price Index rose slightly in February, marking its...
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan move to upgrade food safety capacities
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...
World’s future food security “in jeopardy” due to multiple challenges, FAO...
Without additional efforts, the target of ending hunger by 2030 will not be met
Mankind's future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to...
Spread of damaging wheat rust continues: new races found in Europe,...
Wheat rust, a family of fungal diseases that can cause crop losses of up to 100 percent in untreated susceptible wheats, is making further...
More support to family farmers needed to meet world’s rising food...
FAO Director-General calls for information technologies tailored to developing world farmers at ministerial meeting
In an era in which challenges like climate change and natural...