18 September 2023, Ankara, Türkiye – The 2023 International Conference on Food Security (ICFS 2023) was held in Samarkand on 7–8 September, organized by the Government of Uzbekistan with the technical support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The conference provided a welcome and timely platform for diverse stakeholders to review and discuss the current...

04 July 2023, Ankara – A four-day capacity-development workshop held in Ankara brought together 40 participants – 20 women and 20 men – from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MoAF) and FAO. The project “Leaving no one behind: Greater involvement and empowerment of rural women in Türkiye and Central Asia”, funded by the Government of Türkiye, aims to improve...

8 June 2023, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – Wheat is an important strategic crop in Kyrgyzstan and the main source of nutrition – accounting for more than half of the country’s total cultivated area. A key factor in obtaining a good wheat harvest is protection from harmful diseases. In recent years, rust diseases (yellow, leaf and stem rust) have begun to pose...

6 June 2023, Astana, Kazakhstan – Since April 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been implementing a regional project to boost the national capacities of countries to restore forests and other wooded lands, while also strengthening their expertise in preventing degradation. The “Forest Restoration Improvement for Environmental Development and Sustainability in Central Asia” project,...

5 June 2023, Ankara – Abandonment or un-utilization of agricultural land is a common problem in many countries. Land abandonment undermines food security, results in lost economic opportunities, and can have a range of other negative socio-economic and environmental impacts. In order to mitigate and overcome the negative consequences of land abandonment, a project entitled “Enhancing agricultural land market development to...