Cairo, Egypt - Children's undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies continue to pose the biggest nutritional health burden worldwide. Diets that lack diversity, nutritional value, and food safety are frequently to blame...

Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of Egypt have launched...

Rome, Italy - On 5 June every year, we celebrate World Environment Day. This year the theme is “Only One Earth” calling for “sustainable living in harmony with nature”. The...

Cairo, Egypt - Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, stressed the importance of the project “Raising Climate Ambition in Land Use and Agriculture through National Plans and Contributions” SCALA to...

Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was honored to have HE Mr. Robert Oliphant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs,...

Cairo, Egypt - In order to raise awareness of the issue of food waste in Egypt, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched an awareness campaign with...

Rome/Amman - Princess Basma bint Ali of Jordan was today named a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Goodwill Ambassador for Near East and North Africa. In her...

Cairo, Egypt - In the framework of South-South Cooperation (SSC) initiative, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO(, as a focal point for South-South cooperation in cooperation...

Cairo, Egypt - A mission of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) visited Egypt to follow the implementation of the activities of the regional project –“Implementation of the 2030...

Egypt - Water is essential for agricultural production and food security. It is the lifeblood of ecosystems, including forests, lakes and wetlands, on which our present and future food and nutritional...

Al-Minya – Egypt - Water is life. Water is food. Water is your responsibility. The main theme of the #EveryDropCounts awareness raising campaign, and the focus of the awareness workshop...

New Valley, Egypt - By believing in the importance of enabling people with disabilities to work in agricultural sectors, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has...

Cairo, Egypt - His Excellency Mr. Elsayed Elkosayar - Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) stressed the importance of sustainable water management and nutrition-sensitive agricultural production. He also assured...

Cairo, Egypt - The Egyptian horticulture sector generated USD 2.2 billion in export earnings for 2020, showing continued strength despite supply chain disruptions and uncertainties in global trade due to...

Cairo, Egypt – Hunger in the Arab region continues to rise, with a 91.1 percent increase since 2000, says a new report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

Beni Sueif, Egypt - Among the efforts implemented within the Project (Emergency response to enhance the national capacity of Egypt for early warning, monitoring and management of Fall Armyworm), FAO...

Accra, Ghana – The leaders of six regional organizations in Africa are calling for stronger governance to fight antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, on the eve of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18-24...

Qena, Egypt - In the presence of representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Egypt and regional office for Near East and North Africa...

Sohag, Egypt - An inauguration of mass rearing laboratory for the natural enemies to control Fall Armyworm (FAW) at Shendaweel village, Sohag Governorate, was organized as the first laboratory in...

Cairo – Egypt - The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) celebrated today the World Food Day 2021 held this year...