EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2022: Statistics and Trends

The Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia 2022 was jointly prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia; the International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) for Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia; the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia; the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); the World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Bureau Cairo for Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Europe; the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe; and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Regional Office for Europe; in close cooperation with the FAO Agrifood Economics Division (ESA) and the FAO Statistics Division (ESS).

Cheng Fang coordinated the preparation of the document and led its production under the overall supervision and guidance of Vladimir Rakhmanin, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, with the assistance of Raimund Jehle, Regional Programme Leader. The collaboration of FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, UNDP, UNECE, WFP, WHO and WMO was supported and facilitated by Valeria Rocca of FAO, Taylan Kiymaz of IFAD, Gabriele Fontana of UNICEF, Monica Moldovan of UNDP, Marit Nilses of UNECE, Khalid Al-Qudsi and Lauren LePage of WFP, Peter Sousa Hoejskov of WHO and Natalia Berghi of WMO.

The report was made possible by the contributions of an interdisciplinary team of experts, in particular Cheng Fang, Olga Shik, Guljahan Kurbanova, Zaza Chelidze, Anna Jenderedjian, Keigo Obara, Dmitry Zvyagintsev, Pedro Marcelo Arias, Giorgi Kvinikadze, Viliami Fakava and Raimund Jehle from the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia. In addition, technical contributions were provided by colleagues from the Institute for Agrarian Studies of HSE University: Eugenia Serova, Renata Yanbykh, Nadezhda Orlova and Ekaterina Galaktionova.

Máximo Torero Cullen and José Rosero Moncayo from FAO headquarters provided guidance in terms of structure and content of the report, Olivier Lavagne d'Ortigue provided support for data visualization, while Hernán Muñoz and Olivier Lavagne d'Ortigue (FAO Statistics Division), and Cindy Holleman, Valentina Conti and Giovanni Carrasco Azzini (FAO Agrifood Economics Division) provided valuable comments and inputs.

At the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, Victoria Kalinin and Irina Tarakanova coordinated the publishing process, with valuable support from colleagues at FAO headquarters in Rome. Special thanks go to Matthew Anderson for his editorial support, to the Neotech company for translating the document into Russian, and to Ignacio Ramirez for graphic design and layout.