FAO and Turkey have committed to jointly restore 5 000 hectares of degraded land in three African countries along the Sahara. The three-year project is an important boost for countries’ efforts to tackle land degradation along Africa’s Great Green Wall.

28 November 2018; Ankara- During the Steering Committee held on 28 November 2018 in Ankara, FAO and Turkey endorsed a set of new projects to be developed under the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture (FTPP II) and the FAO-Turkey Forestry Partnership Programme (FTFP). The meetings were co-chaired by Viorel Gutu, Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia and FAO Representative in...

28 February 2018; Ankara- The 1st Joint Review Meeting of the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture (FTPP II) has been organized on 28 February 2018 in Ankara with the participation of the FAO Turkey team and the officials and experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, as four of the projects under the Programme has gone operational. Attended...

27 October 2017; Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with Turkey’s Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, is working to support Eritrea, Mauritania and Sudan as they fight land degradation and desertification through sustainable management of their natural resources and by restoring degraded forests and landscapes.

Events in Ankara today and tomorrow kick off the second phase of a successful partnership between Turkey and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).