Bursa – Today FAO Turkey launched a series of Training of Trainers (TOT) sessions for key staff in its project to help highly vulnerable Syrian refugees and Turkish citizens from host communities...

Virtual event – On 15 October 2021, as part of celebrations to mark World Food Day 2021, FAO Turkey co-organized a virtual event with the Union of Municipalities of Turkey (TBB)...

Istanbul – The Seventh Session of the Central Asian and Caucasus Regional Fisheries and Aquaculture Commission (CACFish) was held on 11-13 October 2021, with the participation of CACFish members, key...

Ankara – A Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Meeting focused on food and nutrition literacy in Turkey was organized on 6 and 8 October to discuss the current status of the Technical Cooperation Project...

Rome -World food commodity prices rose in September, led by tightening supply conditions and robust demand for staples such as wheat and palm oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

Virtual event – In the context of celebrations to mark World Food Day 2021, on 6 October 2021, FAO Turkey organized an event broadcast live and moderated by Ahu Orakçıoğlu...

Turkey - On the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, FAO, Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Regional Coordination Centre for Food Security of the Economic...

 Budapest, Hungary  –The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) is looking for innovative and enthusiastic young talent to help create a hunger free world. On 7 October, FAO will...

Ankara – Representatives from the Government of Turkey, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) met on 4th October at the Sheraton Hotel to...

Muğla – Pescatourism pilot tours started on 27 September 2021 in Akyaka, town of Gökova Bay, under FAO’s Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP), as part of the Blue Hope Initiative in...

Ankara - Globally, around 14 percent of food produced is lost between harvest and retail, while an estimated 17 percent of total global food production is wasted (11 percent in households, 5 percent in...

Ankara – A stakeholders meeting was held today to launch the fourth phase of the Project: “Promoting sustainable employment and income generation opportunities for Syrian refugees and host communities”, funded by...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has entered a new era with a new structure and new dynamics. The 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals...

Ordu, Turkey – Starting today, a two-day training workshop on local products, gastronomy and women’s cooperatives, jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and...

Rome, Italy - Global food commodity prices rebounded rapidly in August after two consecutive months of decline, led by strong gains in the international price quotations for sugar, wheat and vegetable oils,...

The study tour forms part of the project “Establishment of Disease-free National Seed Potato Production System in Azerbaijan”. The main purpose of the study tour was to learn about new technologies...

Hatay –A new batch of farming input packages were distributed to 75 Syrian and Turkish Farmer Field Schools (FFS) beneficiaries today in the Hatay Yayladağı district. This activity is funded...

Rome - Global food commodity prices fell in July for the second consecutive month, according to a benchmark United Nations report released today. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 123.0 points in July 2021, 1.2...

Ankara, Turkey– Each year over 1.3 billion tonnes of food produced worldwide is lost or wasted. Furthermore, the volume of wasted food is increasing in line with the growing world population....

Izmir – Today marks the official inauguration of the new venue of the Turna Women’s Cooperative in Bornova, Izmir. The cooperative, established in 2019, which produces and sells stuffed mussels with...