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Agricultural Economy and Food Security Monitoring 
| For countries facing a serious food emergency, FAO/GIEWS and the World Food Programme also carry out joint Crop and Food Security Assessment Missions (CFSAMs). Their purpose is to provide timely and reliable information, so that appropriate actions can be taken by the governments, the international community, and other parties.
Food security monitoring is conducted through the Global Information System and Early Warning on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS) . It is a part of the Trade and Markets Division (EST) of FAO, and it provides information on the situation of food crops through estimates, statistics and real-time satellite images.
FAO collects information on possible "indicators" of food crisis, such as local market food supplies, retail prices and evidence of individual and community responses to food insecurity. All information is collected which might influence planted area and yields.
REU prepares the food security notes and country briefs for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and updates the cereal balances on regular basis for 15 countries.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is working with its Members and the entire international community for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals |
As a part of Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) the REU Economist Guljahan Kurbanova with the support of JTS Eszter Gerek monitors agricultural economy in the countries of the region from the point of food supply/demand situation under continuous review, issue reports on the world food situation (See our Publications: Food Outlook, Crop Prospects and Food Situation, etc.), and provide early warnings of impending food crises in individual countries. In a period when agricultural markets volatility is growing up GIEWS continues to provide policy makers and international community with the most up-to-date information on agricultural output, prices and food security situation.
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Economist: Guljahan Kurbanova |
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Economics of sustainable agriculture