FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Regional Office
for Europe and Central Asia (REU)

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News

REU Policy Studies on Rural Transition
Topics covered in this new series include land reform and farm restructuring, livestock development, agriculture in the new EU member states after accession, crop diversification and farm debt. This series includes studies on agricultural policies in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia and Central Eastern Europe, but the list will expand as new titles are added.

FAO launches new climate change mitigation programme
Finland is the first country to contribute

FAO Launched new portal on hunger.

Events

FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) Berlin 2010.
FAO is offering two panel discussions and participating at "Cooperation Market 2010"

United Nations Ministerial Conference
Social Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey
7-8 December, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Regional Consultation and Workshop on Seed Production
24-26 November, Budapest, Hungary
The main objective of the consultation and workshop is to make inventory of various elements of the seed programme and to find out the current status of seed production in 12 member countries of the Subregion. The outcome of the workshop will help FAO to assist the member countries in improvement and development of functional and sustainable seed delivery system adequate to meet both basic national requirements for food security and meeting minimum international standards.

Roundtable Meeting on Programme for the 2010 Round of Censuses of Agriculture
23-27 November, Budapest, Hungary

Mapping of and Policy Orientation for Adaptation to Climate Change
Capacity Building and Methodological Workshop (TCP/RER/3203)
19-21 November, Budapest, Hungary

Central Asian Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Forum
Income Diversification for Sustainable Agricultural Growth
25 - 28 October 2009, Ankara, Turkey

Livestock based Geographical Indication chains as an entry point to maintain agro-biodiversity
Regional Expert Meeting
20-21 October, Budapest, Hungary

For previous events please click here.

The following projects have been recently approved by the Director-General of FAO:

"Cost-sharing system for financially sustainable vaccination against brucellosis in small ruminants"
Country: Tajikistan
TCP/TAJ/3202 (D)

"Support to development of a programme for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture"
Country: Serbia
TCP/YUG/3203 (D)

"TCP Facility"
Countres: Ukraine
Code: TCP/UKR/3201 (D)

"TCP Facility"
Country: Serbia
TCP/YUG/3202

For more about projects events please click here.