Two key partnership programmes between FAO and the Government of Turkey – focused broadly on food security, rural poverty and forestry – were ratified recently by the Turkish Parliament and published last week in the Official Gazette in Ankara. 

With a total US$ 20 million financial contribution from Turkey, the agreements will help countries in Central Asia address challenges in the areas of natural resource management, food security, food safety, nutrition, rural development, forest management, land degradation, and desertification.