Events
28/1
2025
30/1
2025
Strategic Dialogue on Cooperative Development for Rural and Agrifood Systems Transformation in the Near East and North Africa Region
Casablanca (Morocco), 28/01/2025 - 30/01/2025
FAO has been a longstanding partner in supporting cooperatives, cooperatives, producer and professional organizations (PPOs), and water user associations (WUAs), and other forms of collective action in the NENA region through a variety of activities, including consultative processes, capacity ...
5/8
2024
8/8
2024
IPPC Regional workshop for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region
Rabat (Morocco), Hybrid Event, 05/08/2024 - 08/08/2024
This regional workshop aims to provide the NENA countries with current information in a range of areas related to the IPPC, to formulate productive comments on draft ISPMs and recommendations submitted for consultation in 2024, to build phytosanitary capacity, and raise awareness on all activities related to the IPPC, and finally to exchange experiences at the regional level. The 2024 IPPC R...
12/12
2023
14/12
2023
Technical meeting to strengthen national capacities for surveillance and management of cactus and cochineal in the Mediterranean
Marrakesh (Morocco), 12/12/2023 - 14/12/2023
Since its introduction to the Mediterranean regions, the cactus pear (Opuntia spp.) has grown to be one of the most significant species of landscape as a natural or cultivated crop. The cactus pear has gradually become an important food and feed crop for smallholder farmers, improving rural livelihoods. In Southern Europe, it is mainly cultivated for fruit production, whereas in the Near Eas...
14/11
2023
16/11
2023
Regional Workshop Production, Conservation & Utilization of Certified Propagative Materials for Fruit Trees in NENA Countries
Rabat (Morocco), 14/11/2023 - 16/11/2023
Plant Certification is defined as a domestic programme consisting of the multiplication, distribution, and production of plant materials intended for release either domestically or for export, under an officially sponsored certificate attesting to the status of the material. Plant certification programmes aim to produce and distribute high-quality planting materials that are free from system...