17/05/2022, Baku – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan, government officials, major private sector actors, representatives of civil society organizations and academia gathered today to endorse a strategy on food loss and waste (FLW) prevention and reduction in the country. FAO organized a full-day consultation workshop to present the findings and...

07/04/2022, Ankara, Turkey - As concerns rise about global food security, an online regional workshop has shed light on the threats posed by wheat rust diseases. The workshop took place on 5 April 2022 and was organized by the Regional Cereal Rust Research Centre within the framework of the CAC-Rust project.

24/03/2022, Bodrum, Turkey - The international fish trade is expanding due to sustained demand, trade liberalization policies, globalization of food systems and technological innovations. To address these and other issues arising from post-harvest management among actors in the aquaculture value chain, FAO’s timely FISHCap project has organized a three-day regional workshop in Bodrum, Turkey, which concludes today. 

Photography exhibition depicting food waste opens in Ankara   12 February 2022, Ankara – In support of the national campaign against food loss and waste in Turkey, FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey, and the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality have jointly organized a ground-breaking photography exhibition by the Austrian photographer Klaus Pichler entitled “Grown for a Bin”. The exhibition shows unconsumed food...

31/01/2022 Ankara – Rural women provide significant contributions to agriculture and food security while simultaneously taking care of their families and households. This heavy burden often goes unrecognized and uncompensated.