A five-strong team of FAO and World Food Programme (WFP) experts spoke at a special session on food security and nutrition in the framework of the annual Eurasian Food Security Conference, which took place on 2-4 October at Lomonosov Moscow State University.

The session, moderated by Aghasi Harutyunyan, Officer-in-Charge of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, specifically dealt...

Bishkek, October 3. Despite the significant progress made by the Kyrgyz Republic in reducing prevalence of undernourishment, malnutrition, including low dietary diversity, remains a topical issue for the country. According to the World Bank and UNICEF, Kyrgyzstan loses up to 2 million Kyrgyz soms annually due to undernutrition of the population.

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On 3 August 2018, under the “Productive Social Contract / Cash Plus” joint pilot project of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and implemented with the financial support of the Russian Federation, a field day was held in the Suzak district of Jalal-Abad...

The "Developing Capacity for Strengthening Food Security and Nutrition in Selected Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia" project was highlighted in the presentation and speech of the Permanent Representation of Russian Federation to the United Nations, held in the context of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) which took place in New York on 17 July 2018.   

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With the support of FAO, the National Statistics Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic adopts the Food Balance Sheets. The FBS, which is made up of three sets of data, measures the overall national food supply; changes on the types of food consumed; and the extent that food supply of the country is adequate in relation to nutritional requirements;...