FAO helps raise awareness on COVID-19 for small-scale family farmers
07/06/2020
Cairo, Egypt – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region is working to provide small-scale family farmers with the needed knowledge to...
OH_TAG meeting discuses emerging and endemic zoonotic diseases situation
27/02/2020
Cairo, Egypt - Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Disease (ECTAD) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-Egypt) has organized today the first meeting in 2020 for...
1,400 beneficiaries and 6 associations’ for small farmers and rural women are the major outcomes of FAO-GAP Fayoum project
25/02/2020
Fayoum, Egypt - With 1,400 direct beneficiaries and several thousand indirect beneficiaries, FAO concluded the "Good Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Improvement of the Quality and Quantity of Horticultural Production of...
FAO supports national biological control and biopesticide laboratories to combat Fall Armyworm in Egypt
20/02/2020
Cairo/Suhag, Egypt - Experts from the International centre of insect physiology and ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya visited the laboratories of plant protection research institute, agriculture research centre in Giza and...
Concluding of “Water harvesting and Good Agricultural Practices in Matrouh” project with thousands of direct and indirect beneficiaries
13/02/2020
Matrouh, Egypt - With 1,483 direct beneficiaries and tens of thousands of indirect beneficiaries, FAO today concluded the project on "Water harvesting and Good Agricultural Practices for improved livelihood and...
FAO and MoALR launch a new project to monitor and manage the Fall Armyworm
02/02/2020
Luxor, Egypt - Protecting the livelihoods and food security of smallholders, including women and young people living in areas affected by the Fall Armyworm, and increasing the awareness of key...
EBRD and FAO introduce best international practices for food safety in Egypt
15/01/2020
Cairo, Egypt - 100 million consumers in Egypt will obtain safer and more nutritious food with the implementation of best international practices of grain sampling, testing and fumigation. Egypt...
FAO and Egypt develop a risk-based imported food control system for Egypt
23/12/2019
Cairo, Egypt - Developing a more effective risk-based imported food control system is essential to ensure that Egyptians have ready and sustained access to safe and nutritious food, and to...
FAO and MALR launch “Sustainable Management of Kharga Oasis Agro-Ecosystems” project
17/12/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched today the project on “Sustainable Management of Kharga Oasis Agro-Ecosystems in the New Valley Governorate”, in...
FAO and EOS Continue to support the Codex System in Egypt
17/12/2019
Aswan, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS), held today the third training workshop...
Need to harness youth’s potential to achieve to end hunger
16/12/2019
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt - Youth face immense challenges, reason why it is imperative to scale up youth-focused initiatives and harness their potential to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2....
FAO and Arab League share commitment to end poverty and hunger
15/12/2019
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, today discussed their joint efforts to end poverty and hunger as they met...
FAO and Egypt strengthen ties to support rural development, and women and youth in agriculture
15/12/2019
Cairo, Egypt - FAO's Director-General QU Dongyu today met with Ezz El Din Abu Steit, Egypt's Minister for Agriculture and Land Reclamation. The Minister expressed his appreciation for the...
FAO and Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs sign Letter of Intent to support women and young people
15/12/2019
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and Egypt’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry, today signed a Letter of Intent (Loi) aimed at strengthening their collaboration to support...
Director-General and Egypt's President deepen ties in support of rural youth and women
15/12/2019
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today met with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, on the margins of the World Youth Forum.
FAO Director-General visits Egypt to participate in the World Youth Forum
14/12/2019
Cairo, Egypt - Before participating in the high-level World Youth Forum in Sharm El-Shaikh, Qu Dongyu, FAO Director-General, visited the Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa in...
FAO Celebrates World Soil Day 2019 with students and farmers in Fayoum
05/12/2019
Fayoum, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Egypt, in collaboration with the EU Funded project on Good Agricultural Practices in Fayoum, celebrated the...
FAO and MALR sign agreement to use, monitor and manage the early warning system for the Fall Armyworm
28/11/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation have signed an agreement to start the rapid response...
FAO and the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality continue their Codex Capacity Building Program in Egypt
26/11/2019
Alexandria, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality, are holding today a workshop in Alexandria...
1st Middle East FMD Epidemiology and Laboratory Networks Meeting
26/11/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) developed a Global Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Control Strategy with an...