Tag Archives: FAO

News release… To help Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan overcome data collection challenges and create effective solutions to reduce food loss or waste, FAO organized a three-day training course for key national stakeholders. 23 December 2021, Ankara – FAO conducted a comprehensive training on measurement, monitoring and reporting of food losses …

News release… The project aims to increase capacities to analyse and improve the efficiency of small ruminant production systems in each participating country and the Central Asian subregion as a whole… 20 December 2021, Ashgabat – FAO and the Government of Turkmenistan signed an agreement on 11 December 2021 for the joint implementation …

Press release… FAO and the Antalya Agriculture Council place the 2021 International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV) under the spotlight… The event emphasized the importance of the fruit and vegetable sector for human health and rural economies… 14 December 2021, Virtual event  – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United …

Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all… In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. …

Visitors to the virtual FAO stand learned about FAO’s important work with seeds, the International Year of Plant Health and the International Year of Fruit and Vegetables, and the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programmes on food and agriculture and forestry. 16 November 2021, online – Following last year’s successful event, the Turkish Seed Industries …

Despite an expected record world cereal production in 2021, global cereal inventories are seen heading for a contraction in 2021/22, according to new forecasts in FAO’s Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, released. The forecast for world cereal output in 2021 is now pegged at 2 793 million tonnes, down by 6.7 …

Press release… Vladimir Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, represented FAO at the 8th Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development on 25–27 October 2021 in Istanbul. Vladimir Rakhmanin FAO has reiterated its support for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in the area …

Press release… The Bursa Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry hosts first training of trainers event under new Japan project—Ankara and Manisa will follow… 20 October 2021, Bursa – Today FAO Turkey launched a series of Training of Trainers (TOT) sessions for key staff in its project to help highly vulnerable Syrian …