FAO emergencies and resilience

Eastern Europe and Central Asia 

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Eastern Europe and Central Asia are home to several “breadbasket” zones, with significant export-oriented production of critical agricultural inputs, grains, fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. The ongoing instability of the agri-food sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is causing an unprecedented threat to global food security. More specifically, the war in Ukraine is disrupting regional agri-food production and supply chains, and aggravating food insecurity in some of the most fragile contexts in the world. Furthermore, Türkiye continues to host the largest number of refugees in the world, posing an immense pressure on the already limited resources of vulnerable host communities.

News
News
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition remain alarmingly high as crises deepen, UN, EU and partners warn in new report
24/04/2026

Over the past decade acute hunger numbers have doubled, while funding retreats to 2016 levels

News
Ukraine’s agriculture: FAO sets out a three-year emergency and early recovery plan
06/01/2026

From FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

News
FAO’s new Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal seeks $2.5 billion to support 100 million people in 54 countries
03/12/2025

Inaugural Appeal focuses on cost-effective agricultural solutions that link urgent needs with long-term resilience

Publications
Publications
Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) – Annual report 2024
05/2025

The Special Fund for Emergency and Resilience Activities (SFERA) enables the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to take rapid...

Publications
Ukraine: Project Highlights - OSRO/UKR/213/GER
05/2025

Germany contributed USD 5 144 034 to safeguard livestock assets and protect livelihoods in frontline oblasts in Ukraine.

Publications
Ukraine: Improving forest management planning by strengthening local capacities - Project profile
02/2025

The ongoing war in Ukraine is significantly impacting the forestry sector, with accumulated damages of USD 3.3 billion at the end of 2023.

Multimedia
Supporting smallholder dairy farmers in Georgia under ENPARD IV
27/12/2024

Konstantine Zarkua is a smallholder dairy farmer in the Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti region of Georgia. He has become a Lead Farmer of an FAO Farmer Field...