Managing natural resources sustainably while also coping with climate change is the focus of a new FAO initiative for food and agriculture in Europe and Central Asia. The initiative was endorsed by FAO’s regional governing body when it convened last month in Voronezh, Russian Federation.

The FAO Regional Conference for Europe called for national governments to adopt a food systems approach, looking to achieve sustainability all along the value chain from farm to fork. It highlighted the concept of “agroecology” which recognizes the interdependence of agriculture and nature.