FAO in Lebanon

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03 March 2020
Youssef Ayyoub, a shepherd from the village of Al Manara in West Beqaa grazed his flock of goats early on a cold February day. He wanted to join his friends, six shepherds from the village, in the municipality for a meeting with the mayor, the Ministry of Agriculture representatives and...
26 February 2020
On Tuesday, February 25, 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Lebanon, in collaboration with the Ministry of Water and Energy and the North Lebanon Water Establishment, launched the project “Rehabilitation and waste management of El-Bared Canal Irrigation System to reduce source-to-sea pollution and improve the...
25 February 2020
Within the project “Improved Water Resources Monitoring System/Integrated Water Resources Management at regional level in Lebanon” funded by the Swiss Embassy, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) and the North Lebanon Water Establishment (NLWE) organized a...
18 February 2020
 “We have to prepare the forests of the future so that future generations can also benefit from them”, said Fady Asmar, FAO project manager during a recent training on forest management. The training was organized by FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, in the context of the FAO...
06 February 2020
On a windy day in January 2020, fishermen in the Okaibeh port, in Mount Lebanon, sell their freshly caught fish, sorted according to the species. Others mend their nets in preparation for their next fishing trip. The Okaibeh fishermen shared stories and aspirations with fishing experts Mr. Ahmad AlMazraoui, Mr. Marouene...