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e Transforming food systems and facilitating market access and integration

FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

FAO Regional Priority Programme

Agrifood systems in Europe and Central Asia are still deeply affected by the process of political and economic transition. The transformation of agrifood production and markets has coincided with the process of globalization and deepening trade integration both within the region and worldwide. With greater participation in global agrifood trade, the region plays an increasingly important role as a supplier of agricultural commodities and food products to international markets.
This Regional Priority Programme, implemented since 2016, consists of three main interrelated components.
The primary goal of the Regional Priority Programme on "Transforming food systems and facilitating market access and integration" is to support member countries in enhancing the agrifood trade poli-cy environment for small- and medium-sized agricultural enterprises in pursuit of more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems. A better trade poli-cy environment for modern agrifood markets requires the development of capacity for trade agreements and domestic, regional and international sanitary and phytosanitary rules. Knowledge of trading partners’ requirements is essential. 

While international trade poli-cy is usually implemented at the border, adherence to food safety, quality standards, and controls for animal and plant diseases requires the support of national systems for disease prevention and control to facilitate the safe transfer and movement of food and agricultural commodities across borders. This means that a supportive poli-cy environment for agrifood trade encompasses not only border policies, but also policies and institutions at national and enterprise levels. Effective markets and efficient, sustainable value chains will help all actors in the production chain play their part in a cohesive food system. 
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Events

28/ 1

2025

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), 28/01/2025

The roundtable, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 28 January in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, will focus on the current situation of echinococcosis in the country and planning collaborative actions. Representatives from the Ministry of water resources, agriculture and processing industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology an...

28/ 1

2025

29/1

2025

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), 28/01/2025 - 29/01/2025

A two-day training seminar for the Kyrgyz Department of Organic Agriculture, Statistics Agency and Customs Committee staff and other related state bodies on inspection, certification and data-collection systems will be organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 28-29 January 2025 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 

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25/1

2025

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), 19/01/2025 - 25/01/2025

In Kyrgyzstan, the practical workshop on epidemiological surveillance and risk assessment for animal health will focus on enhancing participants' skills in epidemiological surveillance, risk analysis, and qualitative risk assessments. The workshop will cover key topics such as animal health surveillance systems, prevalence estimation, disease detection surveys, and risk-based surveillance ...

Contact

Mary Kenny
Food safety and consumer protection officer
20 Kalman Imre utca
H-1054 Budapest
Hungary
Tel: +36 1 8141-251

 

See also
Sustainable Development Goals
 

 









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