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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetTurkey and FAO
Partnering for food security and sustainable management of natural resources
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No results found.The partnership between FAO and Turkey has thrived since the establishment of the country office in 1982 and the Subregional Office for Central Asia in 2007 in Ankara. Today, cooperation continues to prosper through implementation of the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programmes on Food and Agriculture and on Forestry. The country has benefited from wide-ranging assistance from FAO and is at the same time an active resource partner, providing indispensable technical and financial support to FAO’s activities, particularly within the Central Asian subregion. -
DocumentResilient Livelihoods for Agriculture and Food and Nutrition Security in Areas Affected by the Syria Crisis 2014
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is closely monitoring the impact of the Syria crisis on food security, nutrition, agriculture and livelihoods in Syria and neighbouring Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. Assessments carried out across the affected subregion indicate that threats to food security and livelihoods are severe and growing steadily. In addition to rendering over half of Syrians poor and nearly a third food insecure, the crisis is eroding the ver y foundations of food and livelihood security in what was once a middle-income country, with a relatively high employment rate (92 percent) and growing agriculture sector. Syria’s food chain is disintegrating – from production to markets – and entire livelihood systems are collapsing. The conflict also is severely affecting economic, social and human development in neighbouring countries. With most of Syria’s 2.6 million refugees living outside of camps, host communities face intense competition for resources such as land, water and income opportunities, while costs for housing, food and other commodities soar. The humanitarian appeals for Syria and neighbouring countries are the largest in history: USD 4.4 billion in 2013 and USD 6.5 billion in 2014. As the crisis shows no sign of abating, a resilience-based approach is proving ever more crucial to meet immediate needs while helping affected populations – and the systems which support them – better absorb, adapt and recover from curr ent and future shocks emanating from the crisis. Such an approach, combining emergency and development efforts, is indispensable in the context of food and livelihood security. Behind each family pushed into poverty and hunger, systems are collapsing which need to be protected, restored and strengthened. A holistic approach is needed not only to deliver crisisaffected populations from aid dependency, but also to prevent hunger and poverty from increasing and becoming endemic. FAO’s “Resilient Livelihoods for Agriculture and Food and Nutrition Security in Areas Affected by the Syria Crisis” is a five-year Subregional Strategy and Action Plan, budgeted at USD 280 million – just over a tenth of the value of agricultural losses suffered in Syria by 2012. The Strategy is a dynamic document developed over the course of agricultural programming missions to the subregion in late 2013 and early 2014, which build on rapid agricultural livelihood and food security impact assessments and initia l response plans prepared during the first quarter of 2013. With the aim to protect, restore and strengthen livelihoods and the agro-ecosystems on which livelihoods depend, the Strategy tailors short-, medium- and longer-term actions to address specific needs of the main groups affected by the crisis, including Syrian internally displaced persons (IDPs) and affected populations, refugees, returnees, host communities and national and local authorities. Activities focus on seven priority areas, which can be broadly categorized as: (i) control of transboundary animal diseases (TADs); (ii) control of plant pests and diseases; (iii) food security and natural resource information systems, disaster risk management and policy development; (iv) rural and peri-urban income generation and employment; (v) agricultural production; (vi) natural resource management; and (vii) food safety and nutrition. The Strategy aligns with national government priorities and existing regional frameworks for add ressing the Syria crisis and calls for close partnership with affected communities, national institutions, United Nations (UN) agencies, non-state actors and private-sector organizations. Agriculture cannot be an afterthought. Affected populations in the subregion need effective responses to the challenges threatening their food security and livelihoods. A resilience-based approach delivers this, while better preserving the integrity of lives, livelihoods, natural resources and critical develop ment gains achieved over the past decades. -
Book (series)Report of the Regional Workshop to assess the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Education, training and research needs in Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 12-14 January 2010/ Отчет по мероприятию Региональный семинар по оценке нужд в образовании, тренинге и исследований врыбной отрасли 2011
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No results found.The Regional Workshop to Assess the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Education, Training and Research Needs in Central Asia was organized within the framework of the Central Asia Regional Programme for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (FishDev–Central Asia), fi nanced by the FAO –Turkey Partnership Programme (FTPP). The workshop took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 12 to 14 January 2010. The workshop was hosted by the Institute of Zoology of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences. The w orkshop was attended by 35 participants, representing Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department and the FAO Subregional Offi ce for Central Asia. The objectives of the workshop were three-fold: 1) To identify research, development, education and training needs of the Central Asian countries based on country overviews submitted for the workshop and the country replies to the questionnaire comprising a list of priorit y areas for research and training/ education; 2) To carry out a sector-wide regional assessment/synthesis and comparative analysis of the situation in fi sheries and aquaculture research, education and training with the aim of providing insights for relevant stakeholders; and 3) To draft inputs for a regional fi sheries and aquaculture research, education and training programme for the sector, to be carried out by FishDev-Central Asia and other programs and interested partners. The W orkshop recognized that the current institutional capacity in fi sheries and aquaculture research, development and training in the Central Asian region is not suffi cient to support a growth in fi shery production. Priority research and training/education needs were identifi ed based on country responses to a survey questionnaire. The analysis of the country responses to the survey indicated that the establishment of an institutional structure for improvement of education, training and r esearch in fi sheries and aquaculture can be achieved through collaboration at regional level, with clear and comprehensive long-tem targets that are formulated, implemented and monitored by the committed stakeholders. The workshop concluded with some recommendations for further actions towards improvement of national and regional capacity in fi sheries and aquaculture education, training and research.
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