The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Lebanon in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture distributed vouchers to farmers for the purchase of agricultural inputs during August and October 2020. Around 1000 farming families (

Sounbat Khojikian, an 80-years-old fisherman, spends his day in the Jounieh Port after returning from his fishing trip. He lives from selling the fish he catches and sells at the port. In November, Sounbat took part in the fishing vessel census launched

“Agriculture is currently the most important sector in the economy of Lebanon. You eat what you plant. I was Lucky to specialize in Beekeeping and benefit from what I have learned from the technical school” said Mohammad Nasrallah, a graduate from the Tec

Under the framework of the FAO Regional Initiative on Small Scale Family Farming, FAO Lebanon, in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), organized a virtual meeting on the 19th of January 2021, to initiate the dialogue on a planned n

How can women cooperatives, associations and groups run a business not only from a technical perspective, but also from a business perspective? How can they ensure that their business is profitable, financially viable, and sustainable?  Funded by the Gov

Good timing for the plantation of forest trees is essential to improve the success rate in a semi-arid environment.  In the framework of the “Smart Adaptation of Forest Landscapes in Mountain Areas” (SALMA) implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organiz

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Green Plan, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Lebanon, funded by the European Union, encourage vulnerable farmers from all Lebanese regions to apply for grants to i

On March 8, International Women’s Day, the United Nations honors women who are on the frontline of their fight against COVID-19. Today, on International Women’s Day, the UN pays tribute to the countless women in Lebanon, striving in their communities to

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to un

  23 March 2021, Rome - Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today.    

H.E Minister of Agriculture Abbas Mortada and FAO Representative in Lebanon Maurice Saade, in the presence of Ambassador of Japan to Lebanon H.E. OKUBO Takeshi signed today a new project agreement to support farmers in Lebanon, funded by the Government of

Funded by the Embassy of Switzerland, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Lebanon in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoE) and the North Lebanon Water Establishment (NLWE) organized an e-training on Wat

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift towards digitalizing learning in schools. Teachers are now exploring tools and ideas to incorporate in virtual learning to keep their classrooms engaged and interested. To help educators of the technical agricu

In the presence of His Excellency Minister of Agriculture Dr. Abbas Mortada, the Ambassador of Canada to Lebanon, Ms. Chantal Chastenay, and FAO Representative in Lebanon Dr. Maurice Saade, the “Strengthening the Resilience of Vulnerable Smallholder Farm

The year 2021 has been declared the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour by the United Nations General Assembly, in light of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 aiming at ending child labour in all its forms by 2025. In this context,

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the North Lebanon Water Establishment (NLWE) and the Ministry of Energy and Water, is implementing the project ‘Improved Water Resources Monitoring System/Integrated

Through the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) project, FAO Lebanon is promoting the management of rangelands across the country.  A key aspect in the management of rangelands is understanding their productivity, i.e. their ability to susta

Under the patronage and in the presence of H.E caretaker Minister of Agriculture Dr. Abbas Mortada, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Lebanon conducted today a closing workshop of the project“Upgrading the Technical Agricultur

As food systems around the world continue to recover from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN in Lebanon today hosted a virtual Food Systems Dialogue to inform the first-ever UN Food Systems Summit, which will take place in New York in September, a

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Lebanon (FAO) under the overall technical leadership and guidance of the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) will be implementing a program to support small-scale farmers funded by a re-allocation o