The effects of climate change have been significant around the globe, with considerable challenges for agricultural production and food security. The Europe and Central Asia region, with its great variety of climates, landscapes, aquatic environments, so

In the last two years, FAO and the European Union (EU) awarded a total amount of circa USD 5.1 million as a matching grant to the agricultural producers in Georgia. The grant support co-funds various capital investments in Georgia’s agriculture sector to

At a three-day FAO workshop starting today, nine countries around the Black Sea basin learn risk-based approaches to prevent, control, and eradicate Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a highly contagious animal disease affecting sheep and goats. The virtu

When Zaza Ivanidze and his wife, Tinatin Chilingarashvili, first baked bread using flour from the ancient and endangered, local red wheat variety, akhaltsikhe tsiteli doli, on his tiny farm in Georgia, he found the taste took him on a nostalgic journey in

FAO’s Director-General addresses the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin

Climate change has a detrimental effect on Macedonian agriculture contributing to water scarcity, temperature variations, intense drought, severe fires, and flooding. At the same time, declining biodiversity causes (or triggers) reduced yields and damage

For three days, FAO Members from Europe and Central Asia discussed current agricultural issues that are key to transforming the region’s food systems for better nutrition. Ending today, the Forty-Second Session of the European Commission on Agriculture al

Reflecting nutritional challenges in Europe and Central Asia, the Forty-Second Session of the European Commission of Agriculture (ECA) is dedicated to transforming food systems to address all forms of malnutrition in the region. Starting tomorrow in a hyb

An effort to improve animal health in Central Asia that started in March 2019 concluded with 2021. Despite the COVID-19 and related limitations, FAO managed to redesign the project and, whenever possible, move to a virtual format to achieve goals set up a

The following Master of Science degree course is offered in English for the 2022–23 academic year: Food safety and quality engineering (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences) University           The following university and facult