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Overview of food security in Economic Cooperation Organization countries, 2022

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Ankara, Türkiye ;

Pages 104 p.

Author FAO; ECO-RCCFS;

Publisher FAO ; ECO-RCCFS ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-139551-6

Synopsis (short abstract) The report delves into the landscape of food security and nutrition across the ECO countries, encompassing Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan, utilizing data available until 2022. It offers insights into the state of agrifood trade within these nations from 2018 to 2021. Furthermore, it investigates the impact of two major factors: the COVID-19 pandemic on food security and the potential ramifications of the war in Ukraine on agrifood trade among these ECO countries. Structured in seven sections, the report commences with an Introduction, followed by Section 2 outlining the methodology for assessing food security and nutrition. Section 3 assesses the current status of food security across ECO countries. Notably, the data in this section does not encompass the effects of the war in Ukraine, which is separately analysed in Section 6. Section 4 emphasizes agrifood trade in ECO countries, while Section 5 analyses macroeconomic developments during COVID-19.

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FAO and ECO-RCCFS. 2025. Overview of food security in Economic Cooperation Organization countries, 2022. Ankara.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd3902en

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