Developing capacity for strengthening food security and nutrition

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@FAO/Marlen Tynaliev

5–6 December 2019 | Chui province, Kyrgyzstan – The Workshop for the Government institutions, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), took place in the Village Kalmak-Ashuu, Chon-Kemin district, Chui province of Kyrgyzstan.

The aim of this workshop with the elements of technical consultation...

©FAO/Ani Grigoryan

26–28 November 2019 | Ararat region, Armenia – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted a three-day training on “Cultivation and management of greenhouse crops” for schoolteachers and local farmers in Vedi school No1 of Ararat region of the Republic of Armenia.

Learning is a continuous process and it does not matter whether you are a student,...

©FAO/Karina Levina

23 October 2019 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – In Bishkek, a national seminar was held on a pressing topic - the development of social protection in the rural areas of the Kyrgyz Republic. This seminar was not only an opportunity to sum up the evaluation of the joint pilot project of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development and FAO “Productive...

©FAO/Karen Minasyan

18-21 October 2019 | Ararat Province, Armenia – Never has learning been as exciting as in five schools of the Ararat Province in Armenia, where the Russian-funded project “Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia” has established greenhouses and apple orchards in the schoolyards to teach children about food, the...

FAO@Ibrohim Ahmadov

21 Осtober 2019 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan – Efforts to ensure inclusive economic growth by supporting migrants in investing their remittances into agriculture and agribusinesses were sealed in Jaloliddini Balkhi district and Hisor and Dushanbe cites with the signing ceremony of the matching grant agreements. This initiative was supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and...