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The challenges and opportunities of digital agriculture was the topic of the second meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of Central Asia, facilitated by FAO and Kazakhstan. The Central Asian countries expressed interest in developing and implementing comprehensive digital agricultural strategies to spur the growth of digital technologies. Digitalization has the...

Uzbek women participate in traditional crafts production training

The COVID-19 pandemic and related limitation measures make it hard for food producers and technical staff not only to work, but also to participate in training activities. Yet, agriculture has to go on and the need for increasing sustainability is larger than ever to save our limited resources and ensure...

Turkmenistan officially endorsed a set of projects on reducing food loss and waste, improving fisheries and aquaculture management, and increasing fungal resistance of wheat, funded by the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture. Viorel Gutu, FAO Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia and Representative in Turkey, and Bayramdurdyyev Magtymguly, Minister of...

FAO and the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry convened a meeting of high-level officials from Central Asia to establish a joint Food Loss and Waste Strategy Committee mandated to oversee the development and implementation of the regional food loss and waste reduction programme. The newly launched body will also support...

Samira lives in a very remote village in Kyrgyzstan with her husband and four children. They grow vegetables in a small greenhouse to feed the family. In addition, Samira works at the bakery with 10 other women – they bake bread for the local school. This might sound like “a...

The 2020 European Commission Report on North Macedonia has recognized the advanced status of land consolidation in the country. This achievement is a result of the joint efforts of FAO, the European Union (EU), and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy. Since March 2017, through the ongoing project “Mainstreaming...

At an FAO webinar, seed experts discussed the impacts of COVID-19 on seed systems – the primary basis for human sustenance – and potential action to mitigate these. The recording of the virtual event is available online. Food production depends on the availability, accessibility, and quality of seeds. Although the COVID-19 crisis’...

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020 across Europe and Central Asia.

How an EU-funded FAO project is reorganizing land to boost farms’ productivity