“The Abu Dhabi Declaration” supports partnerships between international organizations and the Near East Region to enhance food security; and the KIAAI honors winners

February 2022 - The Government of the Sultanate of Oman, through the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources has signed a USD 949,388 (OMR 365,040), two-year Project Agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the...

Participants in regional conference pledge support for inclusive and sustainable rural and agricultural development, promoting food security for all

EBRD and FAO organised training courses with farmers and exporters on pesticides management and microbiological contamination

Tunisia _ January 2022_ The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Tunisia supported the efforts of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture to reach the objective of improving water productivity for a strategic crop in Tunisia: the olive tree. Within the frame...

New report calls for radical changes to the Arab region’s agrifood systems to deliver food security and nutrition for all

La contribution de 1,7 million d’USD versée par le Qatar servira à améliorer la petite production agricole et animale par la voie de mesures préventives axées sur la résilience climatique.

New five-year strategic partnership kicks off with $5 million to help vulnerable Yemeni farming families

Antimicrobial Resistance threatens Africa’s development

Berrechid (Morocco), June 2021 - The FAO Representation in Morocco supported the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, And Water and Forests, and the Ministry of Equipment, Transportation, Logistics and Water, in establishing a participatory dialogue ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has started implementing a webinar series on Remote Sensing (RS) determination of evapotranspiration (ET) which pursues four main objectives, including updating the participants’ knowledge regarding current adopti...

Near East Forestry and Range Commission calls for strengthened efforts to reduce forest degradation and deforestation

2.8 million hectares of forests lost in 30 years and 3.3% of rangelands degraded

The launch of a regional FAO emergency response project to combat fall armyworm (FAW) in the Near East North Africa (NENA) region has meant new training activities in four countries – Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, plus the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A series of workshops and lectures has pr...

October 2021_The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Tunisia supported the Tunisian National Institute of Field Crops (INGC) to update the mobile irrigation management application "Irey". Dedicated for Tunisian cereal growers, this appli...

Tunisia _September 2021_ FAO in Tunisia has supported the Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries in setting up a multidisciplinary team specializing in water accounting. This national team will be responsible for carrying out the water accounting exercise in a sub-basin of ...

Efforts critical to safeguarding agriculture-based livelihoods as potential locust upsurge threatens to worsen an already precarious food security situation

Iraq hosts the upcoming Near East Regional Conference in 2022 to help countries in the region accelerate the new FAO strategic framework

July 2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Algeria organized the second Farmer Field School (FFS) training for 30 facilitators from the Ministries of Water Resources and Agriculture and Rural Development, with the objective of improving the facilitators kn...

CEOs and Chairmen from global and regional stakeholders seeking to build a shared vision about challenges facing the region