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For farmers in Ukraine, securing affordable pre-harvest financing for producing their crops just got easier. Thanks to the efforts of Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and FAO, a pilot project in the country's Poltava Oblast has issued the first “crop receipts”...

Improving small-scale farmers’ resistance to drought through better water management and modern irrigation technologies is the objective of a Hungary-funded FAO project kicked off here today. At today’s project inception workshop, participants discussed the need for Moldova’s smaller farms to adapt to the effects of climate change.  The project aims to...

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Consumption of unsafe food is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The potential for food safety hazards to cross borders and continents has increased with globalization, and with the growth of international trade in food and feed commodities. To address this growing issue, a four-day regional workshop for people...

Recognizing the growing challenge of feeding the world's cities and the importance of efficient urban markets, FAO and the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) are partnering to promote sustainability and inclusiveness in the wholesale sector, including developing “best practices” for reducing food waste.

FAO will soon establish a partnership and liaison office in the capital city of Azerbaijan, to help manage a new partnership aimed at boosting the agricultural and rural sector of Azerbaijan and neighboring countries.  

More than 20 million sterilized male fruit flies are being released this week in the Neretva Valley of southern Croatia – an important milestone in an environmentally friendly project to help the region’s fruit producers. Consumers worldwide prefer fruits and vegetables that have been treated with the lowest possible levels of...

Eradicating chronic hunger and malnutrition worldwide will require the collaboration of both developed and emerging economies, and Kazakhstan is well positioned for leadership in this area. These were among the points highlighted by FAO Director-General Jose’ Graziano da Silva as he addressed the VIII Astana Economic Forum here today. 21 May...

Competition between farmers and pests has been fierce in Moldova. As pests and diseases continued to affect agriculture, it became clear that farmers lacked the knowledge and capacity in crop and pest management to prevent and manage outbreaks. In response, FAO and Moldova’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry recently launched a...

Pasturing livestock in the conflict areas of eastern Ukraine has become too risky. With unexploded ordnance in the fields, thievery, and even losses due to shooting, farmers these days are keeping their animals close to home. The decision not to pasture comes with a price, though:  the price of fodder...