Europe and Central Asia Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2025
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The 2025 edition of the Europe and Central Asia Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition reviews progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, with a focus on hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition and the cost and affordability of healthy diets across the region. The report calls for sustained agrifood system transformation and coordinated multisectoral action to ensure inclusive progress towards ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition.
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Proceedings of the EIFAAC Symposium on Building a sustainable future for inland fisheries and aquaculture in a time of multiple stressors
04/2025
The international symposium on ‘Building a sustainable future for inland fisheries and aquaculture in a time of multiple stressors’ was organized on 7–9 October 2024 in conjunction with the Thirty-second Session of EIFAAC in Pula, Croatia. The symposium was hosted by the Government of Croatia and the University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture. The main documentation comprised 5 invited papers, 50 experience papers and 23 posters.
Ukraine: Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan
04/2025
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, building resilient food systems and fostering early recovery remains a critical challenge, particularly in frontline oblasts, where agriculture-dependent communities face reduced local production, fluctuating food prices and an increasing reliance on external aid. In response, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed the 2025–2026 Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan (EERRP) to support...
University curriculum assessment on the learning outcomes related to antimicrobial resistance at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University
04/2025
The Strengthening Veterinary Education on Antimicrobial Resistance series compiles assessment reports of veterinary education institutions, detailing strengths and areas for improvement in the institutions’ curricula, and recommendations to enhance their education on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) learning outcomes (LOs). This issue of the series summarizes the findings of the assessment conducted at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Kazakh National Agrarian Research University.
Promoting bioeconomy through agriculture practice in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
01/2025
This report, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), explores the promotion of bioeconomy through sustainable agricultural practices in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The analysis highlights the critical role of sustainable and circular bioeconomy in addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges, particularly in the agrifood sector.
Comprehensive analysis of disaster risk reduction and management system for agriculture in Bosnia and Herzegovina
03/2025
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional disaster risk reduction (DRR) system for agriculture in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of disaster risk reduction and management system for agriculture in North Macedonia
09/2024
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional disaster risk reduction (DRR) system for agriculture in North Macedonia as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agriculture sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards impacting it.
Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agriculture sector in Turkmenistan
09/2024
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional DRR system for agriculture in Turkmenistan as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of disaster risk reduction and management system for agriculture in Montenegro
01/2024
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional disaster risk reduction (DRR) system for agriculture in Montenegro as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment was conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agriculture sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of disaster risk reduction and management system for agriculture in Serbia
01/2024
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional disaster risk reduction (DRR) system for agriculture in Serbia as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agriculture sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agricultural sector in Uzbekistan
10/2022
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional disaster risk reduction (DRR) system for agriculture in Uzbekistan as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agricultural sector in Tajikistan
04/2022
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional DRR system for agriculture in Tajikistan as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agricultural sector in Azerbaijan
04/2022
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional DRR system for agriculture in Azerbaijan as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agricultural sector in Armenia
04/2022
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional DRR system for agriculture in Armenia as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agriculture sector in the Republic of Moldova
04/2023
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional disaster risk reduction (DRR) system for agriculture in the Republic of Moldova as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agricultural sector in Belarus
03/2022
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional DRR system for agriculture in Belarus as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agricultural sector in Kazakhstan
03/2022
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional DRR system for agriculture in Kazakhstan as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agricultural sector in Georgia
03/2022
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional DRR system for agriculture in Georgia as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Comprehensive analysis of the disaster risk reduction system for the agricultural sector in Kyrgyzstan
06/2022
This report aims to highlight the current strengths of the institutional DRR system for agriculture in Kyrgyzstan as well as indicate existing gaps and capacity needs to further enhance it. A comprehensive assessment is conducted, which includes a general overview of the country’s agricultural sector and outlines the most frequent natural hazards that are impacting the sector.
Antimicrobial use practices in the livestock sector in Tajikistan
03/2025
The Understanding Antimicrobial Use in Food and Agriculture series is a compilation of country reports, each describing antimicrobial use (AMU) practices and awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the livestock sector. The data presented in these reports was obtained through knowledge-attitude-practices (KAP) field surveys conducted with farmers of priority livestock production systems, field veterinarians, veterinary pharmacies, and feed mills.
Europe and Central Asia Gender Newsletter, March 2025 – Issue #17
03/2025
In this edition, we explore how women’s empowerment is catalyzing change within agrifood systems and provide insights from FAO’s Gender Week that highlight advances in gender equality. We also discuss how FAO contributed to championing the transformation of agrifood systems at COP29. A special focus is given to the Country Gender Assessment in rural Georgia, which outlines effective solutions for combating gender inequality in the country.