Unsafe food is a major threat to human health and economies globally. A new project has been kicked off to strengthen official food safety control and risk communication systems in Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, and Turkey.

20 January 2021; Nur-Sultan – Virtual webinar series of state of fishery and aquaculture industry briefings continued with Kazakhstan on 18 January 2021 with the participation of diverse stakeholders including the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Turkey, and representatives from FAO and the relevant...

24 December 2020; Ankara, Turkey - The SAVE YOUR FOOD campaign, jointly run by FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey, has relaunched its website.  

16 December 2020 - On 14 December 2020, the second “State of Fishery and Aquaculture Industry Briefing” webinar focused on Kyrgyzstan and featured the participation of key stakeholders, including representatives from FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Turkey (MAF), and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Melioration of the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as...

11 December 2020; Ankara, Turkey – The 1st Consultation Meeting on updating the Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Programme for Food Security (ECO-RPFS) was held on 9 December with the participation of the representatives of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), ECO-Regional Coordination Center for Food Security (ECO-RCC), representatives from the ECO member countries as well as FAO experts.