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Official Closure of the Activities of the project “Capacity Building in Rural Development for IDPs and Refugees in the New Settlements of Agdam District” (GCP/AZE/003/SWI)

As a result, the project has supported directly and indirectly, approximately 57% of the families living in the target area.
17 May 2012, Guzanli District (Agdam Region, Azerbaijan.

Photo: ©Government of Azerbaijan

 

Republic of Azerbaijan and FAO signed National Medium-Term Priority Framework (2010–2012)

This document indicates the broad commitment of FAO to assist the Government in its efforts to achieve national development objectives as described in the main National State Programs and Strategies.  
20 April 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan.

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European and Central Asian countries reaffirm commitment to ending hunger

European and Central Asian countries reaffirm commitment to ending hunger 20-04-2012 President of Azerbaijan calls hunger one of the “greatest curses of the 21st century”
20 April 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Estonia becomes first-time FAO donor

Funding for development assistance to countries from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus.
19 April 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Photo: ©Government of Azerbaijan

 

Sustainable development goals hinge on hunger battle

"We cannot call development sustainable if we are leaving almost one in every seven people behind, victims of undernourishment," the FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said at the Organization's biennial regional conference for Europe.
19 April 2012, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Photo: ©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti

 

A new deal to rid Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia of obsolete pesticides

Twelve countries in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia will start working with the European Union (EU) and FAO to manage their vast stocks of obsolete pesticides in a partnership that was launched at FAO's headquarters in Rome.
12 April 2012, Rome

 

FAO in Europe and Central Asia
Introducing FAO's Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia.

 

"In a diverse region, FAO has something to offer everyone.
Even better, FAO creates opportunities for the 53 countries of
the region to work together on specific issues."
(pdf)

New REU publications:

REU Trout Papers
Current volumes address trout processing, propagation and angling tourism.

European and Central Asian Agriculture Towards 2030 and 2050
Jelle Bruinsma, February 2012
(New volume of REU Policy Studies on on Rural Transition)

Assessment of the human capacity development needs for, and gaps in, the Agricultural Advisory Services in Western Balkans
(Final Report - FAO technical cooperation programme facility project
“Technical Support for Human Resources Development of Agricultural Advisory Services in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and UNMIK Kosovo”)

FAO Food Price Index, April 2012The April FAO Food Price Index down slightly from March
Release date: 03/05/2012

World cereal production in 2012 to increase but supplies of coarse grains still low
Release date: 03/05/2012


Introducing the newly released Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) website.
Visit the new website and check for updates at: www.amis-outlook.org



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