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“We’ve learned how to work together and understand each other. We are now even closer than relatives.” This remark, from a participant in FAO’s project on sustainable pastureland management in Kyrgyzstan, speaks volumes.   In Kyrgyz custom, nothing is more important than good relations with others.  Nomadic people, Kyrgyz always shared...

A new book from FAO reveals that rural women in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia often face the same hardships as their sisters in other regions of the world. Rural Women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, published in hardcover this week and also available online, uses data...

Winning posters to be shown at Expo 2015 in Milan A worldwide drive to wipe out hunger is showing signs of progress, but many people living in hunger and extreme poverty need help now. This is the concept behind the 2015 edition of FAO’s World Food Day poster contest, which has...

Laying the groundwork for reinvigorated apricot production in Armenia was the objective of a three-year FAO project that came to a formal close today – marked by a ceremony that celebrated substantial and visible achievements. Where apricots originated may be the subject of debate among historians, but no one would disagree...

Aquaculture zoning, site selection and the design of aquaculture management areas are part of an overall “ecosystem approach” to aquaculture, being promoted through an international experts’ discussion here this week. Organized by FAO and the World Bank and hosted by Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, the workshop...

Kazakhstan’s potential for organic agriculture is considered to be significant. Organic production is part of a government-endorsed “green economy” initiative, and is included in the current country programming framework with FAO. Successful expansion of organic production, though, will require improvements in several areas:  knowledge and capability for organic production, quality control,...

Moldova’s first-ever general agricultural census was completed last month, thanks to an FAO project made possible by technical and financial support from neighboring Romania. Completion of the census means that the Republic of Moldova now has reliable, up-to-date, and internationally comparable data on agriculture that it can use for planning and...

“What we do to the land, we do to ourselves.” This short, powerful sentence opens the classic work, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilisations by David R. Montgomery – released this week in Russian language version by FAO. Originally published in English by the University of California Press in 2007, the book...

At least nine countries in the region stand united on the need to restore limited soil resources and stop alarming soil degradation trends. The “Izmir Communique’” and a related draft five-year implementation plan for the Eurasia region were adopted at the Second Plenary Meeting of the Eurasian Soil Partnership earlier...

Clean-up and disposal of over 400 tonnes of obsolete pesticides is now in full swing at the Pascani site here, under a project financed by the European Union and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The project – which covers Moldova and nine other countries –...