TURKEY AND UZBEKISTAN SIGNS A PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURE...

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Press release...

The second phase of the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture kicked off as Turkey and Uzbekistan signed the project agreements


Photo:©FAO/Sanobar Khudaybergenova

19 December 2019, Ankara, Turkey – The FAO Turkey Partnership Programme (FTPP) gained momentum with another signature ceremony held between FAO and Uzbekistan at Tashkent last month.

Established in 2006, the FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture (FTPP) focuses on achieving food security and combatting rural poverty in countries of Central Asia and Caucasus through projects operated at the national, multi-country and subregional level. Turkey has to date contributed USD 20 million to the programme and has committed itself for the second phase covering the period 2016-2020.

The agreement signed by Viorel Gutu, FAO Subregional Coordinator for Central Asia and Representative in Turkey and Khodjaev Jamshid Abdukhakimovich, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan reassured cooperation between two countries on the areas of fisheries, food loss and waste and combatting wheat rust disease.

The project on fisheries aims to increase regional capacities to effectively address the sustainable exploitation, management and protection of natural resources through sustainable development of aquaculture with a budget of USD 1 million with a three year duration.

The other project aims to reduce food loss and waste both at national and regional level (among SEC countries) through raising awareness among consumers and sharing practices to mitigate loss in production and retailing processes. The project duration is planned to be two years with a budget of USD 1.5 million.

The third project is on strengthening regional collaboration and national capacities for management of wheat rust diseases and resistance breeding in Central Asia and Caucasus (CAC Rust) will work towards improving productivity and resilience of wheat productions against emerging wheat rust epidemics and races by strengthening national capacities and regional collaboration. The activities are planned to be implemented within five years with a budget of USD 1.1 million.

And finally, the project on strengthening the Economic Cooperation Organization Food Security Coordination Centre (ECO-RCCFS) aims for transformation of the Center from a project-based organization to a sustainable organization of Economic Cooperation Organization with a view to have ECO member states benefit regularly and systematically from ECO-RCC’s support, in which member states acquire necessary advice, guidance and information for improving their food security and nutrition strategies, policies and programmes.

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