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Gender equality and rural women’s empowerment are key strategic priority areas for FAO at global, regional, and national levels. Reflecting on existing and also emerging challenges, such as the impact of the pandemic and military conflicts, the 33rd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe, held in May 2022,...

14:00 – 17:45 GMT+3 (Ankara time) Wheat is the world’s most widely grown agricultural crop and a major food security commodity in Central and West Asia, as well as North Africa. Wheat rust diseases are a common challenge of wheat in almost all wheat-growing regions. The most effective approach for their...

Permaculture and community seeds production continue to develop dynamically in Europe and Central Asia, as well as in many parts of the world. The increased demand for locally and organically produced nutritious food and resilient seeds provides an opportunity to develop permaculture in the region and fulfil countries’ desires to...

10:30 – 13:00 CET Challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, trade disruptions, climate change and related natural disasters, migration and displacement, inflation and rising costs of energy are compromising food security and supply-chain resilience and are driving up food prices. Against this backdrop, the question of how best to...

On 3 November, an opening ceremony will be organized for the IPA III project ‘’Enhancing Land Consolidation in North Macedonia’’, while also closing the IPA II project “Mainstreaming of the National Land Consolidation Programme” (MAINLAND), financed by the European Union, and co-funded by the FAO and implemented in close cooperation...