Nearly a third of Lebanon’s population is facing acute food insecurity following the escalation of conflict in late 2024 and the impact of hostilities on agriculture and the economy mean recovery is likely to be slow, according to a

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, conducted a rapid needs assessment in light of the escalation of conflict in Lebanon in September 2024. The assessment aimed to determine the proportion of agricultural ...

In this StoryMap , the FAO Representation in Lebanon and the Data in Emergencies (DIEM) team examined satellite images to assess the potential impa...

The escalating conflict in Lebanon is exacerbating the vulnerabilities of agriculture-dependent communities and deepening an already critical food security crisis. Even before this recent escalation, Lebanon was grappling with the impacts of multiple crises, including a severe economic downtur...

 At the request of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), a joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) visited the country from 15 to 28 July 2024, prior to the intensification of the conflict, to estimate the 2024 crop pr...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is ramping up efforts to support the agriculture sector and safeguard food and nutrition security amid the escalating conflict in Lebanon.

FAO is co-leading the reactivated Food Security and Agriculture Cluster in partner...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Lebanon’s Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), conducted a household survey through the Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) System between 5 and 25 March 2024. This seventh-round survey assessed the...

“Without wheat, we have nothing. We can’t live without wheat, flour, and bread says Mohamad Boukdal, a farmer from Akkar while standing in his field of wheat.

In December 2023, 2 394 small-scale farmers across Lebanon received 250 tonnes of high-yielding soft wheat seeds, distributed in quantities of 50, 100, or 150 Kg per farmer based on the size of their lands.  

In rural Lebanon, farmers embarked on a journey of learning and growth through Farm Business Schools implemented by the trained facilitators from the Ministry of Agriculture and funded by the European Union. Developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

“Give someone a fish, you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” That’s the motto of the facilitators in the FAO transformative project aimed at developing the entrepreneurial skills and improving the livelihoods of rural women in Lebanon. The project is implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and the General Directorate of Cooperatives, with generous funding from the Government of Canada.

Starting in 2016, Lebanon's rugged mountain terrains witnessed a transformative initiative aimed at restoring ecological balance and uplifting rural communities. The "Smart Adaptation of Forest Landscapes in Mountain Areas" (SALMA) project, implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Lebanon in collaboration with the Lebanon's Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), is a beacon of sustainable forestry management and reforestation.

Under the Patronage of H.E. Dr Abbas Al Hajj Hassan, Minister of Agriculture, the Embassy of Canada, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, organized today a Partnership Forum on Agriculture and Food Security.

Under the Patronage and in the presence of H.E the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Abbas Al Hajj Hassan, and the FAO Representative in Lebanon, Nora Ourabah Haddad, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Lebanon (FAO) organized the National Stakeholder Validation Workshop on the Upgrading of Lebanon’s Chickpea Value Chain.

FAO has put forward several recommendations on social protection in agricultural communities in Lebanon following a workshop, entitled "Support To Social Protection Policies In Rural and Agricultural Communities," which was organized under the patronage o

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag visited today a range of social economic programmes in southern Lebanon. In Marjayoun, the Special Coordinator visited water management and irrigation projects and resilience projects suppor

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – FAO, is organizing from March 22 to March 24, 2016, in collaboration with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) workshops on "Phytos

Within the framework of integrating Social Protection dimensions to agricultural sector, and in response to the Syrian displaced crisis in rural and agricultural areas of Lebanon, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the

FAO in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in Lebanon, organized a launching ceremony of the project "Enhance the Livelihood and Food Security of Vulnerable Lebanese Women through Improving their Dairy Production Practices and Supporting th

Declaration acknowledges role of food security in building peaceful societies

Talks at FAO's Regional Conference for the Near East