Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) -- The Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration (FOLUR) Impact Program is based on the growing recognition that food production systems and land use must improve for the health of people, planet and economies. With financing of $345 million from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and expected additional co-financing of over $2.7 billion, FOLUR promotes sustainable integrated landscapes and efficient food value chains at scale.
FOLUR seeks to transform global food and land use systems, targeting large production landscapes for eight commodities: cocoa, corn, coffee, livestock, palm oil, rice, soy, and wheat. Structured with a Global Platform and 27 country projects – FOLUR aims to transform the global food and land use systems through projects that restore degraded landscapes and intensify sustainable land management practices.
Since 2022 FAO Uzbekistan Country Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture implements FOLUR
in Uzbekistan” funded by GEF. Project objective is to scale up the best practices and innovations for sustainable and inclusive wheat-based production landscapes and value chains.
On 17-20 April 2023 the first FOLUR Annual Meeting took place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which boasts a thriving agriculture sector and critical biomes like the Amazon forest and Cerrado savanna. The Annual Meeting was attended by the Uzbek delegation consisted of Alisher Shukurov, Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Jakhongir Talipov, Head of Department/GEF OFP, International Cooperation and Projects of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Aziz Nurbekov, National Coordinator and Oydin Nurullaeva, Administrative Assistant of FOLUR project in Uzbekistan.
During the meeting Aziz Nurbekov has shared overview of progress, challenges and opportunities of the project implementation in Uzbekistan.
The FOLUR Annual Meeting was the first in-person meeting for members of the Impact Program and brought together FOLUR members for relationship-building, knowledge exchange and training, showcasing lessons and accelerating impact. The meeting enabled participants to learn more about the country projects' goals and challenges and share how the Global Platform and partners can accelerate country-level implementation.
