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17 November 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), the Embassy of France in Lebanon, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
21 October 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 “Cooperative Business Schools” programme, under the framework of...
15 October 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 food insecurity and inequality. World Food Day 2021 raises awareness of the need for supporting the transformation...
14 October 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 of the European Commission in Beirut at the premises of...
05 October 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 – she made a #FoodHeroes music video to spread the message of how young people can take action...