September 2021 – Ensuring sustainable and reliable allocation of water while protecting water quality and sustainability has become increasingly complex and problematic in many regions of the world and in particular the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. To support this, it is important...

29 March 2022 –  Agriculture is one of the sectors most affected by climate change, but as a recent FAO report ‘Regional analysis of the Nationally Determined Contributions in the Near East and North Africa’ illust...

The FAO Representative in Morocco and her team have released a video statement raising awareness of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence towards women and girls on November 25, 2020.

The office has posted online a spot with strong messages calling for a firm stand on v...

Towards the Digitization of Public Services and Better Connectivity between National and International Systems

22 February 2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with The International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Area (ICARDA) under the regional project “Water Efficiency, Productivity and Sustainability in the NENA region” by enh...

The presentations made by FAO, UNCCD, UNEP and World Bank, highlighted the state of land degradation and impacts, and responses to land degradation.

13 June 2023, Tunis – Within the framework of the FAO Regional Initiative on Water Scarcity (WSI), and FAO-UMA programme 2020-2023, the FAO sub-regional office for North Africa, in collaboration with th...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute, IHE-Delft, The World Bank, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI), and EU Water STARS project, have implemented a session at the fourth Cairo Wat...

FAO Director-General: Innovation and experience-sharing across regions key to transforming agri-food systems

25 August, Gabarone, Botswana – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has provided support and funding for the attendance of several national representatives from across the region in the UNFCCC National Adaptation...

20 October 2022_The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized an exchange field visit which aimed to increase the participants’ capacity and knowledge about the in-situ water harvesting techniques regarding its design, construction, data monitoring and data collec...

05 October 2022, Cairo –The FAO Deputy Director-General recently completed a four-day visit to Egypt aimed at boosting collaboration between the Organization and the most populous Arab country; and attending a regional workshop on Fall Armyworm control that gathered representa...

29 November 2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization organized the final regional steering committee for the Water Efficiency, Productivity and Sustainability (WEPS-NENA) project for the Near East and North Africa region in Cairo, Egypt in hybrid mode. The meeting aimed to...

22 January, 2023 – Amman –The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrated Arbor Day, which falls on the 15th of January, with the planting trees planting activity in contribution to the afforestation efforts and visiting the Seed Bank, Nursery &...

FAO is working with Libyan experts for a better use of the Open Access Platform on Water Productivity (WaPOR).

15 December 2022, Cairo, Egypt – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s (FAO) Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) has organized a regional workshop on sustainable and inclusive management of pastoral ecosystems and their socio-econom...

In July 2017, 15 beekeepers in Jenin, West Bank, aspiring to harness the untapped potential of beekeeping came together to create a support system known as Al Hanoun Honey Cooperative. Unbeknownst to much of the world, numbers from 2020 have placed Palestine as a viable contender in the market...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with The International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Area (ICARDA), NGO Watershed and Development Initiative (WADI) for Sustainable Ecosystems Development and the local community, and a local Community Based...

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 farmers have been particularly affecte...

Tunis, October 13-15, 2022: Experts from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, and Tunisia participate in the work of developing a comprehensive framework program, based on the market-based systemic approach, to promote and support the development of resilient agri...