“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

Strengthen the cooperation and coordination with the Government of Lebanon to improve the agricultural sector, food security, and management of natural resources.   Under the patronage of the Prime Minister, Mr. Tammam Salam, the Food and Agri

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) organized in Tal Aamara in Bekaa a workshop titled “Quinoa Field Day” on Wednesday 8 June 2016. The workshop was attended by the FAO repr

On the occasion of World Day against Child Labour, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized on June 9th, a panel discussion on “Child Labour in Agriculture in Lebanon: Towards Comprehensive Support to the National Action

Please click on the link below to download the OCHA Lebanon Humanitarian Bulletin issue #20 for the period  1 - 30 June 2016. Please feel free to disseminate it widely.  For Arabic version click here For English version click here Highlights: · Beirut’

Aley – 10 October, 2016 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture in Lebanon, in collaboration with the World Food Program (WFP) and the Italian Cooperation, celebrated today World Food Day 2016, un

Beirut – 10 November, 2016 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture in Lebanon have announced the signing of a new project under the title ‘Smart Adaptation of Forest Landscapes in Mountain Areas’

Beirut – 24 November, 2016  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture in Lebanon have launched their project ‘National Center for Forest Seeds of Lebanon’ during an inception workshop today at the H

Director-General praises countries hosting refugees, announces new programmes 13 December 2016, Beirut Conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen are the prime culprit behind the doubling of undernourished people in the Near East, FAO Director-General Jose Gra

Lebanon aims to step up efforts to boost food security and sustainable agriculture 14 December 2016, Beirut – Lebanese President Michel Aoun today met FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva for talks that focused on food security and sustainable dev