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Support for rural Armenians helps them face the COVID-19 pandemic with more confidence

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21 April 2020 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – Food security issues are a priority in the policies of each state. Kyrgyzstan is no exception. Along with the Law on Food Security, the country is successfully implementing the second National Food Security and Nutrition Program for 2019-2023. In support of public policy, since 2017, with financial support from the...

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Improving diets, nutrition and livelihoods for rural families in Kyrgyzstan

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1 April 2020 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – The Recipe Book of Kyrgyz Cuisine took third place in the Silk Road category at the twenty-fifth Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, which is the so-called Oscar of Culinary Literature and collects the best publications worldwide from 1995.

A cookbook with updated recipes of traditional dishes of Kyrgyzstan is one of the results of joint...

Around the world, issues of ensuring food security and nutrition quality are fundamental for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) until 2030, in particular SDG 2 “Zero hunger”. Kyrgyzstan, like the rest of the UN member countries, is actively working in this direction.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in the framework of the project funded...