FAO and NFSA develop a risk-based imported food control system for Egypt
20/11/2019
Cairo, Egypt - Given the high reliance of food security in Egypt on food imports the effective and efficient control of food imports is essential to protect consumer and population...
Technological innovation makes agriculture more attractive for Africa’s women and youth, and secures a sustainable future for them
30/10/2019
Cairo, Egypt - Technologies can help make agriculture more attractive, exciting, a field of opportunity for Africa’s women and rural youth, giving them an economically viable and environmentally sustainable future...
FAO develops a training program for government officials to improve the integrated implementation of SDG 2030 Agenda
30/10/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has held a number of Training of Trainers (TOT) workshops on SDGs, which were organized in coordination...
FAO calls for a new generation of policies and investments to sustainably address water scarcity in the Arab region
21/10/2019
Cairo, Egypt - Water scarcity is a formidable challenge facing the Arab region, with sixteen countries in the region already water-stressed. The climate change will only make matters worse in...
FAO and MALR mark World Food Day 2019 under the slogan “our actions are our future: Healthy diets for a #ZeroHunger World”.
16/10/2019
Cairo, Egypt - Today, the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO marked the World Food Day, celebrated this year...
FAO strengthens Egyptian institutions staff capacity to prepare and analyse rural investments using the RuralInvest toolkit
19/09/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched in Cairo the first Training on RuralInvest, a free multilingual methodology and toolkit for preparing and...
FAO launches a Twitter competition on “Healthy Diet”
08/09/2019
Cairo, Egypt - On Tuesday 10 September 2019, The Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations (FAO) will launch a competition on “Healthy Diet”, in line with FAO's vision...
MALR, FAO and MPI develop an applied program to combat epidemic diseases in Egypt and region
02/09/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry for Primary Industries...
FAO and MALR work towards Sectoral Disaster Risk Reduction action planning for agriculture in Egypt
08/08/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) in Egypt conducted an inception and...
FAO-ECTAD Egypt strengthens technical capacity of GOVS and AHRI field teams on camel sample collection from slaughterhouses
31/07/2019
Cairo, Egypt - Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Disease (ECTAD) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-Egypt) has conducted practical training course for staff from General...
FAO is closing the Food Loss and Waste Reduction project with a call for sustained efforts to eradicate hunger
30/07/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Egypt announced today that the project "Food loss and waste reduction and value chain development for...
A renewed focus on food safety in Egypt
10/07/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The food safety system of Egypt is undergoing a major transition: the newly established National Food Safety Authority (NFSA). NFSA will oversee the safety of food products...
FAO and MALR launch a Digital Agriculture initiative in Egypt
03/07/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations today launched a digital model of agricultural extension under the framework of enhancing national capacities in information exchange...
FAO and MALR hold a TOT training for the Census of Agriculture 2019-2020 team according to the international standards
26/06/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) have held a five days Training of...
FAO develops a roadmap framework for use of non-conventional water resources in Agri-aquaculture
25/06/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today held a regional workshop as part of the project “Use of Non-conventional water in Agriculture in...
FAO launches a monitoring system for water consumption and productivity in Newly Reclaimed Areas in Siwa
23/06/2019
Siwa, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) began installing a drip irrigation network covering 30 feddans in Siwa Oasis as a model for water...
FAO and MALR resuming efforts to face Fall Armyworm (FAW) infestation in Egypt
23/05/2019
Luxor, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR), resumed the second and third phases...
FAO completes distribution of calves fattening project in Kom-Ombo /Aswan
22/05/2019
Aswan, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization continued to deliver micro and small projects to women of the beneficiaries in Kom Ombo district, Aswan governorate, under the framework of...
FAO delivers 80 projects for fattening goats and calves in Aswan and Assiut to improve food security and Nutrition
30/04/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Egypt continues to deliver micro and small projects in Egyptian governorates under the framework of the...
FAO and MALR review results of the technical audit of “On-farm irrigation development project” (OFIDP) in Egypt
21/04/2019
Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Egypt and the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) are holding today the validation workshop...