15/ 2
2023
Sixth Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of Central Asia
Virtual Event, 15/02/2023
The meeting entitled “Agricultural finance for the Sustainable Enhancement of Agricultural Productivity in Central Asia” will address pathways to increase agricultural productivity that delivers economic growth in an environmentally sustainable way. It will explore innovative models to encourage on-farm investment by the smallholders in new technologies and vital agricultural inputs through acc...
24/ 1
2023
Regional workshop on FAO–Türkiye Partnership Programmes
Baku (Azerbaijan), Hybrid Event, 24/01/2023
The FAO–Türkiye partnership Programmes consist of the FAO–Türkiye Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture and the FAO–Türkiye Forestry Partnership Programme.
23/ 1
2023
25/1
2023
Training on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
İstanbul (Türkiye), 23/01/2023 - 25/01/2023
Small-scale family farmers can be instrumental in elevating human rights in the food and agriculture sector – a key element in ensuring the sustainability of food security.
18/ 1
2023
21/1
2023
FAO at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2023
Berlin (Germany), 18/01/2023 - 21/01/2023
The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is an international conference on central issues of global agricultural and food policies, held in Berlin on an annual basis. At the 2023 edition, 2000 visitors from politics, business, academia, and civil society will discuss in Berlin how to bring about successful ...
15/ 1
2023
28/2
2023
FAO–Hungarian Government Scholarship Programme 2023–2024
Budapest (Hungary), 15/01/2023 - 28/02/2023
The following Master of Science degree course is offered in English for the 2023–24 academic year:
- Master in Agricultural Water Management Engineering
- Master in Biotechnology
13/ 1
2023
39/5 Meeting of the Executive Committee of the ECA
Virtual Event, 13/01/2023
The Committee will be provided with an update on the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security and related matters, along with technical information on FAO’s work relating to agricultural matters and food security in the region and beyond.
14/ 12
2022
Green Agriculture and Science and Innovation: Main scientific findings in Europe and Central Asia
Virtual Event, 14/12/2022
Agrifood systems in Europe and Central Asia are deeply affected by geopolitical and economic uncertainties which impact both directly and indirectly on food supply chains, and have repercussions in food markets; moreover, they are threatened by environmental, human-driven long-term stresses, such as climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss and natural resource degradation.
14/ 12
2022
15/12
2022
Lumpy skin disease simulation exercise in Uzbekistan
Hybrid Event, 14/12/2022 - 15/12/2022
Earlier, FAO launched a Technical Cooperation Programme to strengthen preparedness against lumpy skin disease in Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
5/ 12
2022
6/12
2022
Regional Webinar Series on Soil Protection as part of World Soil Day 2022
Hybrid Event, 05/12/2022 - 06/12/2022
Let’s celebrate World Soil Day 2022! As soils provide most of our food and are central to our planet’s life-support system. Without healthy soils, we cannot sustain healthy lives.
5/ 12
2022
6/12
2022
Consultation meeting: Establishing a Regional Laboratory Network for Antimicrobial Resistance in food and agriculture
Hybrid Event, 05/12/2022 - 06/12/2022
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Federal Budget Institution of Science "Central Research Institute of Epidemiology" of the Federal Service on Customers' Rights Protection and Human Well-being Surveillance (FBIS CRIE of Rospotrebnadzor) will organize the Consultation meeting for the establishment of a Regional Laboratory Network for Antimicrobial Resistance
1/ 12
2022
Regional webinar on plant protection issues
Hybrid Event, 01/12/2022
FAO is organizing a virtual event for countries of Europe and Central Asia to present current issues in plant protection. Among others, the webinar will address new phytosanitary treatments adopted and applied internationally, as well as the use of biological control agents for pest control.
1/ 12
2022
2/12
2022
Workshop on sharing experiences on cattle breeding activities among smallholders
Hybrid Event, 01/12/2022 - 02/12/2022
In developing countries, livestock production represents an important part of the agricultural sector with a great role to sustainable farming. Besides being an important food source, livestock can also provide income, energy, and fertilizer, as well as employment, and can be useful in weed control and utilization of marginal lands.
30/ 11
2022
1/12
2022
Workshop: Strengthening the linkages between agriculture, rural development, and migration governance
Hybrid Event, 30/11/2022 - 01/12/2022
Migration, a complex phenomenon with a multitude of root causes, has diverse impacts on rural populations, food systems and the rural economy. While these impacts vary from country to country, the rural areas of Europe and Central Asia are particularly affected by labour migration.
30/ 11
2022
Towards the development of a roadmap for the digitalization of agriculture in Tajikistan
Hybrid Event, 30/11/2022
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan has requested FAO to support the development of a roadmap for digitalizing the agriculture sector and strengthening the knowledge of advanced applications of digital technologies in agriculture.
29/ 11
2022
30/11
2022
Webinar: Legal framework for emerging biotechnologies in plant breeding – International experience in regulating genetically modified seeds
Hybrid Event, 29/11/2022 - 30/11/2022
Agricultural biotechnology is built with competencies and technical skills that describe the fundamental use of it in plant as medicine and food and defined as a set of tools that use living organisms or parts of it
28/ 11
2022
FAO–IAMO Joint Regional AMIS and Policy Monitoring Workshop
Hybrid Event, 28/11/2022
The workshop will include a methodological session on estimating support to agriculture using a comprehensive system of measuring and classifying support to agriculture according to OECD methodology. Additionally, the application of the policy monitoring methodology in Albania, the Republic of Moldova, Kazakhstan will be presented as practical examples.
24/ 11
2022
25/11
2022
Towards gender equality and transformative agrifood systems
Budapest (Hungary), Hybrid Event, 24/11/2022 - 25/11/2022
Gender equality and rural women’s empowerment are key strategic priority areas for FAO at global, regional, and national levels.
23/ 11
2022
Workshop: “Breeding for wheat rust resistance: Recent approaches and regional collaboration in context of the FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programmes”
Hybrid Event, 23/11/2022
Wheat is the world’s most widely grown agricultural crop and a major food security commodity in Central and West Asia, as well as North Africa. Wheat rust diseases are a common challenge of wheat in almost all wheat-growing regions.
15/ 11
2022
Regional workshop on permaculture and community seed production
Hybrid Event, 15/11/2022
Permaculture and community seeds production continue to develop dynamically in Europe and Central Asia, as well as in many parts of the world. The increased demand for locally and organically produced nutritious food and resilient seeds provides an opportunity to develop permaculture in the region and fulfil countries’ desires to support the environment, biodiversity, and family farming.
3/ 11
2022
Land consolidation in North Macedonia – EU-funded project closure and project launch
Hybrid Event, 03/11/2022
On 3 November, an opening ceremony will be organized for the IPA III project ‘’Enhancing Land Consolidation in North Macedonia’’, while also closing the IPA II project “Mainstreaming of the National Land Consolidation Programme” (MAINLAND)