The nineteenth edition of "FAO Türkiye Newsletter" focuses on the support given to women-led cooperatives and the results of joint efforts. This issue includes data on the work and successful outcomes of FAO-supported cooperatives in Turkey. In addition, interesting studies and results from projects implemented under the FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programme (FTPP) are also included in the bulletin. Developments from a wide range of FTPP projects, from forest fire management to wheat rust control, are also included in the bulletin. Alongside the main theme, in the Women's Power section, members of a women's cooperative tell of the success of the cooperative from its inception to the present day. Another important feature of the Newsletter is the section on the latest status of FAO's project to stabilise land degradation in Türkiye as part of the fight against the global climate crisis.

This flyer highlights the Building Capacities through South-South Cooperation (SSTC) project, which enhances collaboration, knowledge exchange, and expertise sharing to address challenges in agrifood systems. It outlines the project’s role in supporting FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programmes (FTPP-II & FTFP) by deploying Turkish SSTC experts to beneficiary countries, strengthening global cooperation and sustainable development.

Food systems in the member states of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) are changing quickly as economies grow, diets become less traditional and policies shift. This report seeks to provide an overview of key tendencies across diverse food systems in the region over the last decade. Its aim is to assist policymakers in making sense of the ways in which underlying drivers are contributing to shifts in food production, distribution and consumption, as well as the associated implications for social, economic, environmental and health outcomes. It consolidates a series of national-level reports developed for individual BSEC member states, a limited number of National Pathways developed in the lead up to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and publicly available comparative datasets drawn from a range of sources. A food system typology is used to organize this information and, where possible, identify trends and tendencies over the last decade. Through the analysis in this report an agenda emerges for future collaboration to deepen understanding and promote critical actions to improve food system performance. The following topics represent areas of convergence where collaboration and cooperation across member states would be most effective: food governance, education, social inclusion, nutrition and environment.