FAO in Türkiye

Türkiye became a member of FAO in 1948 and established its first country office in 1982, in Ankara. Launched in 2006 with the operational support of the Turkish Government, the Subregional Office for Central Asia (SEC) enhanced FAO’s ability to respond to the national needs and priorities of countries in the subregion.

FAO supports the government and partners in development of policy and programmes; primarily on healthy diets, strengthening resilience of disadvantaged community and access to social protection system, supporting the sustainable and inclusive agrifood systems, One Health approach, reducing food loss and waste, sustainable land and forestry management, conservation of biodiversity and a fisheries and aquaculture resources and aquatic ecosystems.