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Regional Workshop “Capacity Building for Food Loss Reduction in the Near East” Reducing high food losses and waste is critical to improving food availability, achieving food security, and reducing stress on natural resources in the fast-growing Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. In light of this alarming challenge, FAO had launched...

A Regional Project Funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency  The Near East and North Africa (NENA) Region suffers from chronic water shortage, impending severe water scarcity and frequent droughts. Given that agriculture consumes 85% of fresh water, this industry needs to enhance its water efficiency and productivity.  To help the...

Fisheries have received high interest at international level due to its transboundary nature. Under the current international regime of governance and regulation of fisheries, the Regional Fisheries Management Organizations have an essential role in the management and conservation of living fisheries resources.  The fisheries and aquaculture sector in the Gulf and...

Egypt is producing nowadays approximately 1,5 million Tonnes of fish and fishery products. Fish loss and waste is a very important issue in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. Large amounts of production are lost for inadequate handling, preservation, processing, storage and distribution. Poor technical capacity on fish hygiene, environment sanitation...

This two-day technical meeting involving various ministries aims to promote social protection as a tool for rural poverty reduction and resilience in the NENA Region. Its objective is also to identify relevant and realistic ways to bring about policy, regulatory, programmatic and/or institutional change at national and regional levels. As a result...