Rome - There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today - much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic's impact...

Hatay, Turkey – A one-day Farmer Field School (FFS) workshop was held today at the Hatay Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry under the European Union (EU) funded project “Building Resilience...

Rome - Global food commodity prices fell in June for the first time in 12 months, according to a benchmark United Nations report released today. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 124.6 points in June...

Ankara – The high-level meeting held in Ankara was organized by FAO Turkey and featured the participation of key representatives from donor organizations and international partners including the Delegation of the...

Ankara – Reducing food waste is one of the major global challenges of our time. In Turkey alone, 19 million tonnes of food is thrown out every year, a figure that rises...

The most recent numbers show that a considerable amount of the food being wasted is generated in households. In Turkey alone, around 19 million tonnes of food gets lost or wasted every year. This...

Ankara - The "Sustainable Land Management and Climate Friendly Agriculture" project carried out by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry...

Bursa – The Head of the European Union Delegation to Turkey and Ambassador, Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, paid a visit to Bursa province to meet with stakeholders and beneficiaries of the “Building Resilience...

Bursa – Today marks the official inauguration of the Orhanili women’s cooperative in Bursa province. The event celebrates the successful collaboration of 20 Syrian and Turkish women entrepreneurs who established and...

Ankara - Bees are a key component of our ecosystem and critical to maintaining biodiversity and the balance of nature. Beekeeping also provides a source of income for local people....

Ankara. A virtual Regional Task Force Meeting was organized under the project “Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization – Regional Cooperation Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (BSEC-CSFS)” with the participation of...

Ankara – The annual reporting system training on Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) organized within the scope of the National Strategy and Action Plan To Combat Desertification, took place this year...

Ankara  – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has organized a three-day field training session with local breeders in Şanlıurfa to share information and best practices...

Ankara – A regional virtual workshop marked the launch of an FAO project that aims to increase the effectiveness of small ruminant production and reduce greenhouse gas emission intensity. Funded...

Ankara – The Economic Cooperation Organization-Regional Coordination Centre (ECO-RCC) has created an ongoing series of webinars within the framework of sustainable food systems. The second webinar in the series entitled...

Rome - Global food prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate in more than a decade, even as world cereal production is on course to reach a new...

Şanlıurfa – Today, Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, the Ambassador and Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey, arrived in Şanliurfa province to meet partners and beneficiaries, and to visit the ISKUR Service...

Tashkent – The FISHCap country webinar series continued this week with an instalment on the state of the fishery and aquaculture industry in Uzbekistan, held on 26 May 2021. The FISHCap...

Budapest, Hungary – Although severe hunger has not been a major issue in Europe and Central Asia in the past 20 years, the region is in part facing an increase of...

Ankara – On 7 May, FAO launched a training programme on sustainable food systems to help Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) member countries better understand the food systems concept...