Highlights
Accelerating the transformation of agri-food systems in the NENA region
The world is facing a major challenge in achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2)
On the ground in Gaza
Hostilities in the Gaza Strip have caused catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity.
Statement by QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
11/03/2024
FAO thanks the Italian Government, and particularly Deputy Prime Minister Tajani, for the opportunity to have participated in this strategic and timely...
Invitation
Call for Experts: GIAHS Scientific Advisory Group for 2024-25
21/02/2024
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) is a FAO programme, which aims to identify unique agricultural systems supported by agrobiodiversity,...
Event
37th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East
18/01/2024
Amman, Jordan 4-5 March 2024
The importance of transforming agrifood systems to embed more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable systems...
Regional Priorities
Action Areas
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Food policy monitoring in the Near East and North Africa region. 4th Quarter 2023 | Bulletin
2024
Global food prices have continued to drop at a slower pace in recent months; however, they are still well above the price levels observed in 2020. Commodity prices are set to fall gradually in 2024 and stabilize in 2025.
Climate-smart policies to enhance Egypt's agrifood system performance and sustainability
2023
Highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, heat waves in Egypt are increasingly severe and frequent, raising the already high evaporation rate, accelerating crop transpiration, increasing soil aridity and elevating water requirements for both human and agricultural consumption in a country where water is imported.
Near East and North Africa - Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023
2023
The Overview presents the food security and nutrition situation in the Arab States for 2022 when the effects of the war in Ukraine and record-high food and fertilizer prices hit the region that was just recovering from the economic and social shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Useful links
- ARAB FORUM FOR RURAL ADVISORY SERVICES (AFRAS)
- Food Price Monitoring and Analysis Tool for FAO RNE
- FAO at COP28
- inter-Regional Technical Platform on Water Scarcity (iRTP-WS)
- Food Loss and Waste Reduction in the Near East and North Africa
- One Country One Priority Product (OCOP)
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FAO Lebanon trains potato farmers on environmentally sustainable Good Agricultural Practices
02/03/2023
This movie falls under the project “Promotion of Good Agricultural Practices, including Integrated Pest Management to reduce agrochemical pollution...
FAO’s mission to sustain irrigation in the Syrian Arab Republic
26/04/2023
FAO in the Syrian Arab Republic is keen to strengthen the resilience of crisis-affected communities, where agricultural activities were disrupted, through...
FAO provides climate-smart technology to improve agricultural production in Eastern Ghouta, Syria
07/08/2023
To promote climate-adaptive methods, FAO, with the support of the Adaptation Fund, has supported the maintenance, assembly and calibration of two Laser...