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

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

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

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

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

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