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03/08/2017
A global drive to reduce food losses and waste all along the value chain has arrived in Ukraine, where this week the fisheries and aquaculture sector tackles the issue. Experts from FAO’s Fisheries Division in Rome, Italy are conducting a training course
28/07/2017
Ukraine is setting its priorities when it comes to dealing with climate change, and an FAO project that starts today is designed to help with that process. Setting priorities for national climate change mitigation and adaptation for the Ukrainian agricul
25/07/2017
Events in Ankara today and tomorrow kick off the second phase of a successful partnership between Turkey and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). High-level participation from numerous countries reflects the partnership’s internatio
24/07/2017
Seventy percent of food worldwide is produced by smallholders, including family farms and private households. Connecting those small producers to processing facilities and markets can be a challenge but it is possible, as an international conference in As
21/07/2017
Viticulture, the science of growing grapes, dates back as far as 8 000 years in Armenia. The country has a favourable setting for grape production and it is a lucrative business even today. But not paying enough attention to preserving genetic resources
20/07/2017
FAO continues to deliver humanitarian aid in conflict-affected eastern Ukraine, with a focus on rural people living along the line of engagement. This time, some 2 750 households within the 8-kilometer zone are receiving one-day-old poultry. The help com
20/07/2017
The city of Voronezh, in southern Russia, will be the venue for the next FAO Regional Conference for Europe, in May 2018. Preparations were kicked off with a recent visit to Voronezh by Vladimir Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Repre
18/07/2017
In Italy, the agricultural cooperative movement has been going strong for well over 150 years. It was the ideal setting, then, for a recent study tour by Croatian fruit and vegetable farmers. Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unit
13/07/2017
Food security, nutrition, food safety, and natural resource management are important components of a five-year cooperation agreement signed recently between FAO and Turkey. Covering the period 2016-2020, FAO’s new Country Programming Framework for Turkey
12/07/2017
Solar-powered water pumps, improved livestock feeding, energy-efficient cold storage – these are just a few of the green technologies and practices that can help the agrifood sector shrink its carbon footprint.  But understanding the extent to which farm