FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
In their pursuit to ensure an equitable and sustainable future, governments can rely on FAO expertise in food and agriculture. Responding to the needs of Europe and Central Asia, the Organization is offering support in many specific areas. Find out more
Highlights
Regional Priority Programmes
Regional Priority Programme
Transforming food systems and facilitating market access and integration
Regional Priority Programme
Managing natural resources sustainably and preserving biodiversity in a changing climate
Recent and upcoming events
26/1
2026
Kyrgyzstan: Training on RuralInvest toolkit
Osh (Kyrgyzstan), 26/01/2026
The national training targets heads of cooperatives and specialists from a pilot Farmer Service Center in Osh city operating under the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Farmer Service Center provides advisory services to farmers and facilitates access to preferential loans, enabling farmers to consolidate production and organize into co...
22/1
2026
International Conference: Food Security in the Context of Climate Change
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), 22/01/2026
In the context of climate change and evolving health risks, countries need to prepare their agrifood systems for the future. Frameworks already exist that offer practical pathways to address the complex interdependencies between climate change, agriculture and health. One Health is one such example. One Health is an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the...
Featured publications
Ukraine: Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan 2026–2028
2025
The Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan (EERRP) 2026–2028 outlines the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ strategy to protect and restore agricultural livelihoods. Combining urgent agricultural assistance with early recovery measures, the EERRP supports land rehabilitation, market-oriented solutions and the adoption of climate-resilient practices, underpinned by strengthened evidence and coordination.
Irrigation service delivery and management transfer in Central Asia, Türkiye, and Azerbaijan
2025
This FAO volume examines three decades of irrigation management reform in the FAO Subregional Office for Central Asia region, tracing the transition from the state-led “hydraulic mission” to farmer-based irrigation management transfer (IMT). While IMT was widely promoted as a means to improve efficiency, sustainability, and equity through water users' associations (WUAs), outcomes have been highly uneven, with successes, partial rollbacks, and even reversals.
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