Approximately 2 400 youth-led farming families in the West Bank have begun receiving conditional cash assistance to support cultivation of thousands of dunums of underutilized land, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today.  The initiative is providing an alternative source of income for youth farmers amid skyrocketing unemployment, particularly those who lost their jobs due to the conflict.

Syria is not starting from zero; it is starting from resilience. But resilience alone is not a development strategy. A functioning agrifood economy is.” – Pirro-Tomaso Perri, Acting FAO Representative in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Une nouvelle analyse publiée aujourd’hui montre des améliorations en matière de sécurité alimentaire et de nutrition infantile dans toute la bande de Gaza. Toutefois, les Nations Unies ont prévenu que ces progrès, portés principalement par un accès élargi à l’aide alimentaire, nutritionnelle, agricole et médicale humanitaire, restaient fragiles. Si l’accès à Gaza s’est amélioré, seul un point de passage – celui de Kerem Shalom/Abu Salem – dans le sud de Gaza demeure ouvert, ce qui limite le flux de biens essentiels au relèvement et laisse la majorité de la population dans une situation de dépendance à l’égard de l’aide humanitaire. La population de Gaza peine toujours à rétablir ses moyens de subsistance ainsi que les systèmes alimentaires locaux et les services essentiels.  

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (RNE) held today the second session of its regional capacity-building webinar series, focusing on strengthening capacities for evidence-based food loss measurement and digital innovations to combat food loss across agrifood systems.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Jordan Valley Authority (JVA), and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Jordan, today opened a two-day national workshop in Amman to introduce the Mapping Irrigation Potential and Needs (IRMA) initiative and launch its implementation in Jordan, with support from the Regional Water Scarcity Initiative (WSI) Programme. The Programme, which supports nine countries across the Near East and North Africa in addressing water scarcity through advancing sustainable water management and improved agricultural water governance, is funded by the Governments of Sweden and the Netherlands.

The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has acquired nearly 50 000 FMD SAT 1 vaccine doses as part of a campaign against foot-and-mouth disease in sheep, goats and cattle in the West Bank, with technical and procurement support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funding from the Pandemic Fund.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) strengthened the capacities and leadership of youth and women in cooperative development through two complementary regional events held in July 2026, reaffirming its commitment to fostering more inclusive, resilient and business-oriented agrifood systems across the Near East and North Africa (NENA).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa convened a regional technical session on "Inclusion in Agrifood Systems: Practical Approaches and Strengthening Inclusion in the NENA Region," bringing together colleagues from FAO he...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) scaled up its conditional cash assistance program to support a total of 1 500 small-scale farmers in the Gaza Strip to cultivate at least 1 dunum (0.1 ha) of land each. Through this support, FAO projects that the farmers will produce enough fresh vegetables to meet the recommended annual vegetable intake for approximately 100 000 people, based on dietary  recommendations from FAO and the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with FAO's Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), convened a regional technical session on "Addressing Child Labour in Agriculture in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts in the Near East and North Africa Region."

To mark the International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), along with other members of the NENA International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) Consortium organized a regional webinar entitled “Nature-Based Solutions to Combat Sand and Dust Storms in the Near East and North Africa”. The event brought together experts, policymakers and practitioners to explore the environmental, economic and social impacts of SDS and highlight how rangeland restoration, community engagement and nature-based solutions can strengthen resilience across the region.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has launched bilingual online course "Fundamentals of Food Safety in the Near East and North Africa Region" during an opening webinar attended by representatives of governments, food control authorities, academia, research institutions, industry, development partners, and food safety professionals from across the region. The webinar brought together more than 400 registered participants from 19 countries, demonstrating the strong regional demand for science-based capacity development and collaboration in food safety.

Rome/Cairo/Buenos Aires – Experts from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the Near East and North Africa (NENA), Europe and beyond convened virtually for the webinar “Alert and Action | Bridging regions, sharing solutions: Red Palm Weevil management from the Ne...

A joint assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), using high-resolution satellite data, shows limited rehabilitation of greenhouse infrastructure in parts of the Gaza Strip. However, most of the greenhouse infrastructure – more than 81 percent – remains damaged and out of production, severely limiting farmers’ capacity to grow food for a population in desperate need.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has hosted a vibrant celebration of International Tea Day, in collaboration with the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Egypt, highlighting tea’s unique ability to bridge cultures, foster dialogue, and support millions of livelihoods worldwide.

Representatives from Mediterranean countries, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), and regional partners have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening regional cooperation to address growing animal health threat...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), brought together policymakers, nutrition experts, researchers, and development partners from across the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region for a regional webinar on Food Systems-Based Dietary Guidelines (FSBDGs).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (RNE) has launched today its regional webinar series, "From Measurement to Impact: Strengthening Capacities on FAO Tools to Measure, Analyze, Reduce, and Valorize Food Loss and Waste in NENA Agrifood Systems", bringing together government officials, technical experts, researchers, development partners, and practitioners from across the region.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today brought together policymakers, researchers, development partners, private-sector representatives and farmer organizations from across the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region for the second webinar in its Regional AI Dialogue for Agrifood Systems series. The discussion focused on local barriers, last‑mile challenges and human capital constraints affecting the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in agrifood systems.