30 April 2023, Amman, Jordan – The Food and Agriculture Organization -Regional office for the Near East and North Africa-organized a regional training workshop on multiple-use forest management planning in the Near East and North African countries. The event was conducted in A...

The training will contribute to the transformation of more efficient, inclusive, and resilient agrifood systems

2022 Overview highlights the need to focus on trade as an enabler to achieve food security and nutrition

8 March 2023, Cairo - Water is one of the most vital resources on the planet. It is critical to agriculture, which accounts for 72% of worldwide freshwater withdrawals, as well as to other economic sectors, and is essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developm...

Dubai/Cairo/Accra, 23 February 2023 -- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have teamed up to enhance food and nutrition security of conflict-affected internally displaced persons (IDPs)...

Training is intended for veterinarians and specialists who are directly involved in diagnosing, investigating, and responding to an outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI).

13 February 2023, Oman – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has stressed on the need to strengthen ties with Oman in the water sector in order to support the country’s efforts in water conservation and efficient use.

This came during FAO A...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with King Faisal University (KFU), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, conducted a study on the optimization of management tools for effective control of Red Palm Weevil (RPW) and the development of innovative technology t...

A new memorandum of understanding aims at identifying opportunities where Egypt’s experience and expertise can best contribute to the battle against hunger in Africa

FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa publishes new Food Policy Monitoring Bulletin

Jendouba, December 2022. The FAO representation in Tunisia, as each year, celebrated on December 5 2022 the World Soil Day in partnership with the General Directorate of the Development and Conservation of Agricultural Land (DGACTA) and the National Institute of Field Crops (I...

20 November 2022, Cairo - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (RNE) organized a three-day training titled “Towards gender-transformative interventions in the agriculture and rural sector in the NENA region” in col...

FAO presented today at COP27 the first edition of the State of Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture in the Near East and North Africa region

2 November 2022, Cairo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (RNE) organized a three-day technical workshop to discuss “Unlocking the potential for sustainable, inclusive and competitive agribusiness development i...

The statement was signed by Member States of the Arab Initiative to End Hunger

Hammamet, September, 2022. The FAO representation in Tunisia within the framework of the project "Improvement of water efficiency and productivity and its sustainability in the NENA region" organize...

JERUSALEM, 20 Sept.—When in 2019 FAO visited wholesale markets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip under the Multidonor Agribusiness Programme (MAP), poor infrastructure and governance were negatively impacting the incomes, food security and nutrition of hundreds of thousands of p...

31 Aug 2022, Jerusalem — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 31 August held a closing workshop under the Palestine component of the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Water Efficiency/Productivity and Water Sustainability in Nea...

JERUSALEM, 31 August 2022 — With political and economic shocks further imperiling food and nutrition security in rural Palestine, FAO is distributing essential inputs and equipment to help sustain the livelihoods of almost 40 000 members of underserved Bedouin communities...

August 2022, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations established a regional evapotranspiration measurement network “NENA ET-Network” in eight countries of the NENA region in partnership with the International Center for Agricultural Researc...