FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Regional Office
for Europe and Central Asia (REU)

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News

Hunger at a new high
New FAO estimates show that the number of hungry people in the world will reach an all-time high in 2009, largely as a result of the ongoing global economic crisis.

Global food supply gradually steadying
With the second-highest recorded cereals crop expected this year and stocks replenished, the world food supply looks less vulnerable to shocks than it was during last year’s food crisis, FAO said in its Food Outlook report. But some potential dangers remain, it also noted.

It’s sunny side up for Kazakh farmers
Better seeds mean higher yields for sunflower sector
better seeds, higher yields - vedeo

The presentations of the Rural Development in EU-Accession Countries - Support Programmes and Capacity Building workshop are available online.

Events

European Commission on Agriculture (ECA)
Fourteenth Session of the Working Party on Women and the Family in Rural Development
Budapest, Hungary, 29 June - 1 July 2009
FAO Office in Budapest and the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development co-hosting a specialized conference dedicated to women's role in rural development, with a focus on migration. Read Press release

"Agribusiness and Agro-industries Development in Central and Eastern Europe"
Joint FAO-IAMA Workshop
at IAMA 19th Annual World Forum & Symposium
Budapest, Hungary 20- 21 June, 2009
Provisional Programme

Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for the Central and South Eastern European countries
Joint FAO - EUFIC Regional Workshop
Budapest, Hungary, 18-20 May 2009

FAO events during the International Green Week 2009 in Berlin

For previous events please click here.

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

"STRENGTHENING UTILIZATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES IN AZERBAIJAN THROUGH ENHANCING CONVENTIONAL PLANT BREEDING AND ASSOCIATED BIOTECHNOLOGY CAPACITY"
Country: Azerbaijan
Code: TCP/AZE/3202 (D)

"STRENGTHENING THE PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY CAPACITY FOR SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE"
Country: Kazakhstan
Code: TCP/KAZ/3202 (D)

"IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF MIGRATORY AND OTHER LOCUSTS IN THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA"
Countres: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
Code: TCP/INT/3202 (D)

"ADVICE TO CENTRAL ASIAN GOVERNMENTS ON THE FEASIBILITY OF COMMERCIAL FISH AND LIVESTOCK FEED PRODUCTION"
Countries: Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Code: TCP/RER/3205 (D)

For more about projects events please click here.