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 4 April 2023, Ankara –  What is the situation of women living in rural areas and how are they profiled? Neşe Çakır Sayran: Most of the world’s extreme poor live in rural areas. According to TURKSTAT data, two-thirds of the most vulnerable and 90 percent of the extreme poor in Türkiye live in rural areas. Approximately 5.6 million people work in the agricultural sector,...

28–29 March 2023, Tashkent – A Regional Workshop on Aquaculture Diversification targeting smallholder farmers and extension agents was co-hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Committee of Veterinary and Livestock Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Uzbekistan Research Institute of Fisheries and the “O’zbekbaliqsanoat” Association. The workshop, which took place...

20/03/2023 Almaty – In the Republic of Kazakhstan, fish production has declined to about half its former level at the end of the Soviet period. Over the last two decades, particularly the inland capture aquaculture industry has entered a phase of downward trend. However, with some fluctuations, over the period 2016–2019, Kazakhstan’s total fishery production rose from 43 213 tonnes to 52 572 tonnes. This growth...


7–8 March 2023, Istanbul, Türkiye – The first set of systematic and in-depth National Food Systems Assessments in Central Asia show that consumer food preferences are changing. Agrifood systems are becoming industrialized and globalized. Increasing numbers of people live in cities and personal income levels are rising. These developments bring not only immense opportunities but also multiple challenges, such as...

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