Enhancing the capacity of GIS experts and water engineers in operating water accounting and productivity systems
13/04/2021
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
Teachers of the technical agricultural schools empowered with new digital skills and techniques
21/04/2021
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
Launch of the “Strengthening the Resilience of Vulnerable Smallholder Farm Families” project
30/04/2021
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
Series of trainings on action on child labour in agriculture in food insecure and humanitarian contexts
05/05/2021
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,
FAO issues publications on the sustainable use of water resources in Lebanon
25/05/2021
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
Technical day to promote the management of rangelands in Lebanon
15/07/2021
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
Closing workshop of the FAO project “Upgrading the Technical Agriculture Education System in Lebanon” implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and with UN, national and international partners
15/07/2021
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
The UN hosts a virtual dialogue to inform ground-breaking UN Summit on the Future of Food in Lebanon
22/07/2021
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
Supporting small-scale Lebanese Farmers
23/07/2021
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
Farm Business Schools: available training package to enhance the much-needed entrepreneurial and market-orientation of farmers
31/08/2021
Dramatic changes are taking place in farming worldwide as a result of globalization, liberalization, and rapid urbanization. Farmers are intensifying existing patterns of production and diversifying their farm enterprises in an attempt to improve their li
Potato farmers in Baalbek shifting to a more environmentally sustainable and economically feasible approach to growing potatoes
17/09/2021
The rapidly deteriorating economic and financial crisis seriously affects agriculture in Lebanon. As most agricultural inputs (agro-chemicals, seeds, animal feed, vaccines and other veterinary supplies, etc.) are imported, the productive capacities of the
Training facilitators to guide farmers in Farm Business Schools all over Lebanon
28/09/2021
Over a period of two weeks, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Lebanon, through a project funded by the European Union, trained facilitators on the Farm Business School (FBS) approach.
The facilitators are now able to gu
Young Food Heroes
05/10/2021
Ghina Mohammad Audi wants to make a difference. She is a motivated student from the Lycée Célestin Freinet in Lebanon. Together with her classmates, FAO, GMC Beats and schools in five other countries – Armenia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Ireland and Lebanon
Signature of a Coordination Agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Economic and Social Fund for Development - ESFD
14/10/2021
Under the patronage of the Director General of Cooperatives, the head of ESFD, Eng. Haytham Omar, and FAO’s Representative in Lebanon a.i. Mr. Etienne Careme, signed a coordination agreement on Thursday October 14, 2021 in the presence of a representative
World Food Day 2021 “Our actions are our future. Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life.”
15/10/2021
#WorldFoodDay 2021 is celebrated a second time during the COVID-19 pandemic, whose repercussions disrupted agri-food systems and triggered an unprecedented global economic recession resulting in a dramatic loss of livelihoods and incomes and increased foo
Graduation Ceremony of women groups and facilitatos on the “Cooperative Business School”programme
21/10/2021
On the 21st of October, and one week after the International Rural Women day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Lebanon (FAO) organized the graduation of more than 900 trainees from women groups and 32 facilitators in the “Coo
Sub-Regional seminar on Unlocking the potential of agroecology in the Middle East and achieving 4per1000 objectives
17/11/2021
Under the Patronage of H.E the Minister of Agriculture Dr. Abbas Hajj Hassan, and in presence of M. Jean-François Guillaume, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the French embassy, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI), th
FAO implements a National Water Auditing “Water Governance Analysis” training
18/11/2021
FAO in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), is organizing a National Water Auditing training under the title Water Governance Analysis. The two-day training is taking place on the 18th and 19th of November 2021. It aims
FAO organizes a virtual stakeholders’ meeting on advancing extension and advisory services in Lebanon
30/11/2021
Under the patronage of H.E Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Abbas Hajj Hassan, FAO Lebanon in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) organized a virtual meeting on advancing extension and advisory services from a pluralistic and market-oriented pe
Farmers benefitting from the FAO voucher scheme programme
01/02/2022
The Ministry of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Lebanon, announced, mid-December 2021, the start of the distribution process of the vouchers to support men and women farmers.
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