2.8 million hectares of forests lost in 30 years and 3.3% of rangelands degraded

Amman, 21 october,2021 –  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) joined today the national and the international community in celebrating the World Food Day. As with every celebration, it is an opportunity for acknowledging and celebrating the efforts and succes...

Near East Forestry and Range Commission calls for strengthened efforts to reduce forest degradation and deforestation

Damascus / Syria - 24October 2021, UN-HABITAT, UNDP and FAO in cooperation with the Ministry of Local Administration and Environment will launch the Adaptation Fund project titled “Increasing the Climate Change Resilience of Communities in Eastern Ghouta in Rural Damascus ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has started implementing a webinar series on Remote Sensing (RS) determination of evapotranspiration (ET) which pursues four main objectives, including updating the participants’ knowledge regarding current adopti...

Celebrations highlight successes of improved agriculture value chains

28 October 2021 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Coordination Office for the West Bank and Gaza Strip (FAO WBGS), with support from the Government of Belgium and the oPt Humanitarian Fund (oPt HF), and in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and th...

8 November 2021, Amman - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations launched the Farmer Field School (FFS) training on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Fall Armyworm (FAW).

This training falls within the regional activities of ...

Berrechid (Morocco), June 2021 - The FAO Representation in Morocco supported the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, And Water and Forests, and the Ministry of Equipment, Transportation, Logistics and Water, in establishing a participatory dialogue ...

New five-year strategic partnership kicks off with $5 million to help vulnerable Yemeni farming families

Antimicrobial Resistance threatens Africa’s development

Contribution from KSrelief will promote food availability and dietary diversification of more than 24 000 vulnerable families

Operations expected to improve the collection of life-saving meteorological data

$1.7 million Qatari contribution aims to enhance smallholder agriculture and livestock production through climate-resilient anticipatory action

28 November 2021, Amman, Jordan – The Ambassador of Italy to Jordan, Fabio Cassese, and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Jordan, Nabil Assaf, signed today a EUR 1 million agreement to increase the resilience of the Jordanian vulne...

Amman 6^th of December – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a ceremony to mark the inauguration and handover of 22 rehabilitated National Agricultural Training Facilities to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in Jordan.

The r...

12 December 2021, Sana’a– the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized an inception workshop to kick off the Food Security and Resilience Response Project (FSRRP) funded by generous contributions from the World B...

Amman, 13 December 2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) and Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) launched today a project funded by FAO to formulate a sustainable aquac...

The emergency project is expected to safeguard livelihoods and provide critical lifesaving support to over189 000 vulnerable people.

New report calls for radical changes to the Arab region’s agrifood systems to deliver food security and nutrition for all