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Grain production is a grand pillar of agriculture in Azerbaijan, where the annual demand for wheat ranges from 3 to 3.5 million tonnes. With current yields, though, domestic production does not meet demand and the gap is filled with imported grain. Azerbaijan aims to change that. According to the latest FAO...

Bread is the staple food in the Republic of Tajikistan, and growing wheat is the traditional occupation of dehkan, or farmers, here. Boosting the grain yields of dehkan and improving national food security are a priority on which FAO is providing support. During the Soviet period, Tajikistan’s agricultural sector was oriented...

Could bioenergy be the sustainable answer to Europe and Central Asia’s energy needs?  An economic engine and source of “green jobs”? Or does it divert land and water from food production, drive up land prices and burn up biomass that would otherwise be returned to the soil? These were some...

A second edition of the FAO-UNITAR e-learning course “WTO accession and implications for agriculture in CIS countries” concluded recently, with a total of 77 professionals from across the region completing all course requirements. On the strength of a 97 percent participant satisfaction rate, the course will be offered again in...

            The following Master of Science degree courses are being offered in English for the 2015-2016 Academic Year: Animal nutrition and feed safety Plant protection Rural development and agribusiness Universities The following universities are participating: Kaposvár University University of Pannonia Georgikon Faculty Szent István University, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences Conditions Courses will be offered provided the minimum number of...

Many countries face a tough challenge in their drive to achieve food security – a challenge often overlooked by outsiders. They are geographically landlocked. From Armenia to Uzbekistan, nearly a third of the world’s landlocked developing countries are in Europe and Central Asia. Many people in these countries rely on farming...

Eastern European and Central Asian countries have a new arena for sharing knowledge as they continue to develop agri-trade policies or negotiate trade agreements. The CIS Agricultural and Trade Policy Expert Network, which held its inaugural meeting at FAO headquarters in Rome this week, brought together more than a dozen experts...

FAO plays a leading role in this year’s Global Forum for Food and Agriculture, working to enrich the public debate on the future of bioenergy. Agriculture ministers, leading technical experts and others convene at the Forum (Berlin, Germany, 15-17 January 2015), which is hosted annually by the German Ministry for Food...

Across Europe and Central Asia, nearly 80 percent of farms in low- and middle-income countries have an area of only 5 hectares or less, according to a newly released FAO report. In the past decade, FAO found that agricultural labour productivity in Europe and Central Asia rose at an average annual...

New data and FAO forecasts for the leading crops in Armenia, Russian Federation and Ukraine are now available online. Overview data and forecasts are regularly updated and published by FAO, through its Global Information and Early Warning System. The purpose of the System is to monitor the food security situation at...