26 February 2023, Cairo - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is participating in a workshop entitled "Methods for Monitoring the Desertification Process and Ways to Address It", organized by King Faisal University (KFU), represented by the E...

6 March 2023 - Amman, Jordan – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), launched today a project to focus on the transformation of food systems in Jordan through the regional project “...

8 March 2023, Cairo - Water is one of the most vital resources on the planet. It is critical to agriculture, which accounts for 72% of worldwide freshwater withdrawals, as well as to other economic sectors, and is essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developm...

9 March 2023, Khartoum - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Sudan and the Ministry of Agriculture conducted a three-day inception workshop of the project: ‘’ FAO Sudan smallholders and agropastoralist...

13 March 2023, Amman-The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held the closing workshop of the regional project "Emergency Preparedness and Response to Strengthen the Capacities of Near East and North African (NENA) Countries to Mitigate the Risks of F...

The training discusses the management of the Red Palm Weevil in the kingdom

Abu Dhabi 15 March 2023 - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) praised the leading role played by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Khalifa Award in promoting sustainable agriculture, date production, and agricultural innovation at both the regional ...

21 March 2023, Dammam – The National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) G20 Globa...

2022 Overview highlights the need to focus on trade as an enabler to achieve food security and nutrition

The training will contribute to the transformation of more efficient, inclusive, and resilient agrifood systems

30 April 2023, Amman, Jordan – The Food and Agriculture Organization -Regional office for the Near East and North Africa-organized a regional training workshop on multiple-use forest management planning in the Near East and North African countries. The event was conducted in A...

04 May 2023 Al Baha, Saudi Arabia – Calamitous impact of climate change, dreadful spread of honeybee disease and unwise application of agrochemicals contribute to the declining number of honeybee colonies across the globe. Rising demand for honeybee colonies to meet the demand...

Amman, Jordan, May 8, 2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is holding a regional workshop in Amman, Jordan on enhancing food trade in the Near East and North Africa Region: Food safety and trade facilitation over four days, from 8-11 Ma...

Kuwait, 08 May 2023- Within the framework of the regional programme for Red Palm Weevil(RPW) management in the Near East and North Africa region, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the Public Authority of Agriculture Affairs ...

13 May 2023 – The first high-level Quadripartite regional meeting to accelerate implementation of One Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region took place on 8–11 May 2023 in Muscat, Oman. The 4-day meeting of the Quadripartite, comprising the Food and Agriculture Organizatio...

16 May 2023, Amman, Jordan – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), launched today a project to enhance food security and livelihoods of vulnerable rural women communities in Jordan throughthe “...

Muscat, May 17, 2023 - The Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Sultanate of Oman, with the General Directorate of Agricultural and Animal Research represented by the Agricultural Research Department in North Al Batinah G...

Mobilization to preserve bee populations and biodiversity and promote the sector

The disease threatens the world's most traded fruit, Lebanon’s strategic crop