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Muscat, Oman 11-12 December 2017 Background: “Nutrition Transition” If a poor diet is one of the main causes of malnutrition, then the answer seems simple: change people’s diets, and they will become healthier. But what people eat is not entirely based on how they live – their knowledge, attitudes,...

FAO, World Bank, EBRD encourage private investment in Egypt's agriculture and food sector  5 December 2017 at the Nile Ritz-Carlton Hotel - Cairo Egypt’s agricultural sector is facing a number of challenges such as the impacts of climate change, water and land scarcity, high levels of urbanisation, and an increasing demand for...

During the past year, FAO's office in Egypt has been studying the fish loss and waste (FLW) overall situation in Egypt. An Inception National Stakeholders’ Workshop was organized at the start of the year where FLW challenges and opportunities were discussed among all the actors of the national fisheries and...

The escalation of water scarcity is one of the most impelling challenges facing Arab countries. Fast paced population growth, climate change, changing consumption patterns are all factors that are adding pressure to the already limited resources across the region. Acknowledging the urgency and scale of the water issues faced by the...

The Near East and North Africa (NENA) region with its generally arid climate, predicted population growth and increased water scarcity, needs a coordinated regional approach, among others, to increase fish production and consumption, rural employment and the sustainable use and conservation of the aquatic resources. In this respect, the integrated...