3 March 2025, Dushanbe – Wheat rust diseases pose a significant threat to wheat crops across Central Asia and the Caucasus (CAC) as these airborne pathogens can easily cross borders, endangering regional food security and the sustainability of agriculture. As part of ongoing efforts to address this risk, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) conducted a...

26 February 2025, Tashkent - Wheat rust diseases are major transboundary plant diseases threatening wheat crops in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Due to their airborne nature, these pathogens easily spread across borders, jeopardizing regional food security and agricultural sustainability. To address this issue, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing the CAC-Rust project (CP/SEC/016/TUR)...

24 January 2025, Ankara – The need to develop larger and more commercial farms is a pressing issue in many countries, one that poses significant socioeconomic and environmental challenges, including food insecurity and loss of economic opportunities. This growing concern stems from multiple and intertwined factors, such as an ageing rural population, out-migration from rural areas, inefficient farm structures and...

18 December 2024, İstanbul, Türkiye – As the livestock sector’s role in climate change continues to dominate discussions on the global agricultural agenda, the project “Improving Efficiency of Small Ruminants Production for Reduction of GHG Emission Intensity” has delivered tangible results, contributing to efforts to mitigate climate change. While livestock production remains an essential source of food security, nutrition and...

Women living in rural areas of Tajikistan, Türkiye and Uzbekistan are a large portion of the population and play vital roles in both farming and non-farming activities. Among the many challenges they face are gender-based barriers that affect their efforts to build resilient livelihoods. Poor social and physical infrastructure, climate variability (which affects crop yields and prices) and structural inequalities...