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As it grapples with coronavirus, Turkey is not expected to face any major problems in the short- or mid-term in its food supply or food security, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in Ankara, Turkey’s capital. "We are welcoming the measures taken by the government to help farmers and food-related business operators by postponing tax payments, advancing agricultural support payments, [and] providing interest-free loans for investment and operation which are provided for small farmers and processors," Viorel Gutu told Anadolu Agency, hailing state campaigns to cushion the pandemic’s economic impact. Gutu added that he also backs the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry’s "Evde Hayat, Sofrada Balik - Life at Home, Fish on the Plate" promotional campaign. The campaign, promoting the retail sale of fish at wholesale prices, aims to boost household consumption of fish, which would be a welcome development both from a nutritio...

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 Uzbekist...

Press release... December 13, 2019, Ankara, Turkey - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrated the 'International Mountain Day' held in METU Technopolis CoZone on December 11 evening. On the celebrated day under the theme of 'Mountains are important for young generations' the importance of the role of young people as active agents of change and future leaders in the protection of mountain ecosystems was discussed. Mountain Partnership Programme began with a short video message prepared addressing to Turkey. Afterwards FAO Central Asia Sub-Regional Coordinator and Representative of Turkey Viorel Gutu made a speech and pointed out the mountains that make 15 percent of the houses of the global population and living in the mountains 1.1 billion people create a food source for more. Stressing that the climate crisis and its disasters affect the mountains and the resources it offers us. "It is no coincidence that this year's ...