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The impacts of climate change and climate variability are becoming evident on forest ecosystems in the North Africa and Near east, where most of forest products support small scale, household-based enterprises and provide income and employment for rural people, especially women. The effects of climate change are reflected in the higher...
21.03.2015

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs, Nasser Judeh, and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Imad Fakhoury, on Tuesday, met with the director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations "FAO" and discussed with him cooperation between Jordan and the organization.The FAO director...
17.03.2015

Three new projects aim at better data analysis, combating animal diseases FAO is scaling up its support to Jordan and other countries in the region affected by the humanitarian crisis in Syria that has entered its fifth year. In the presence of Jordan’s agricultural minister, Akef Alzoubi, FAO Director-General José Graziano da...
17.03.2015

Director General stresses importance of “dynamic conservation” of culture and biodiversity Two date palm oases in the United Arab Emirates have joined a growing number of ecosystems that are formally recognized by FAO for their importance as repositories of genetic resources, biodiversity and cultural heritage. The Al Ain and Liwa oases are known...
15.03.2015

Cairo, 12 March 2015 - The development of the agricultural sector in Egypt is key to a successful implementation of the national development plan. This is reflected in the commitment of the Government of Egypt to expanding the cultivated land through land reclamation and through the use of modern irrigation...
12.03.2015