Conflicts and widening rural-urban gaps hamper the region’s efforts to end hunger by 2030

23 May 2019, Damascus - The food and agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) have announced a three-year project to improve agriculture in the Syrian Arab Republic through the enhancement of smallholder capabilities.

The “Small...

The UN’s Decade of Family Farming

A Strategy that Promotes Good Governance, Professionalism and Commitment

Cairo, 25 June, 2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today held a regional workshop as part of the project “Use of Non-conventional water in Agriculture in Support of Sustainable Agri-aquaculture Development in Desert and Arid Lands in...

HE Mariam Al Mehairi, Minister of State for Food Security, thanks FAO for its efforts to eradicate hunger and achieve sustainable development in agriculture and food security

The Near East and North Africa region needs to step up its efforts to end hunger by 2030

Tripoli, 27 June 2019 -

About 25 plant protection, bio-control and water management specialists from Syria and Lebanon participated in a workshop held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the cities of Tripoli and Al Abdeh in northern ...

Director General recognises Zaid's efforts and achievements to develop the Date Palm Sector

Baghdad – July 2, 2019: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with Iraq’s Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Health and Environment, held the inception workshop of the ‘Strengthening Transbounda...

Damascus, 2 July 2019 - Wheat is a strategic crop for the Syrian Arab Republic.  Prior to the current crisis, the country used to produce more than 4 million tonnes of wheat a year, making Syria self-sufficient in terms of production of its main staple, and a leading food...

Baghdad, 3 July 2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Iraq, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture in Iraq, and with the participation of experts from across the region, held a two-day workshop and training program for the eradi...

FAO's Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region organizes an emergency consultation to discuss ways to stop locust outbreak in the region

Cairo, July 10, 2019 - The food safety system of Egypt is undergoing a major transition: the newly established National Food Safety Authority (NFSA).  NFSA will oversee the safety of food products with th...

Cairo/Rome. 11 July 2019 – Meeting at FAO Headquarters in Rome for its Tenth session, the Regional Commission for Fisheries (RECOFI) has reached agreement on sustainable fisheries management practices for Kingfish (Scomberomorus commerson) in the region.

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Climate change is widely recognized as a global threat - to humans, a wide range of species and to the environment.

Even before the current crisis in Syria, the government was concerned about impact of climate change – rising temperatures; and reduced and/or more erratic rainfall - on i...

Helping vulnerable families regain their agricultural productive capacity

Fertile ground for innovation in the Arab region 

The Arab region has grappled with water scarcity for centuries. But population growth, rapid urbanization, changing diets, forced displacement and climate change are posing new, more urgent water challenges that thr...

FAO welcomes Kuwait’s contribution of $3 million to help Syrian farmers and herders recover

Cairo, August 8, 2019