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04 July 2023
What to consider in agricultural practices to ensure high productivity and safe produce? What is soil testing? How to effectively use fertilizers based on soil test result? How to apply personal safety measures to avoid occupational hazards in performing farming tasks? These questions and many more were addressed by FAO trainer...
04 July 2023
Lebanon will be joining other stakeholders this October in Malta for the GFCM High-level conference on MedFish4Ever initiatives: Transformative actions to address new challenges.  The event comes six years after the launch of the MedFish4Ever Ministerial Declaration, in which ministers and high-level representatives of 16 countries and the European Commission committed...
04 July 2023
Afraa Al Raii, Mariam Hamadeh, Diala Al Raii, Ibtissam Soultan, and Amal Hamadeh are members of the Souaneh Women Informal Group. They actively work together with 15 other women coming from the Souaneh village in the Nabatieh Governorate, to prepare mouneh[1] and other food processed items.   How did it all start? Initially,...
29 June 2023
FAO Lebanon supports cooperatives through capacity building and grants On 1 July, the cooperative movement celebrates the 2023 International Day of Cooperatives. As natural vehicles of collaborative partnership and prosperity for all, cooperatives contribute to economic, social, and environmental sustainability across regions and economic sectors. This year’s theme is “Cooperatives: partners for...
04 May 2023
Women cooperatives take part in HORECA’s 2023 exhibition Joumana, Marie and Samira came all the way from their villages to Beirut city to join HORECA, the yearly hospitality event for four consecutive days in April 2023. Each one of the three women represented a different cooperative that is currently benefitting from the...