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The General Secretariat of Khalifa International Date Palm Award held a press conference, during which names of the winners of the five categories of the Award’s Seventh Session were announced. At the beginning of the conference, held Sunday morning at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi and attended by representatives...
05.03.2015

FAO gathers the first results of the regional initiative on small scale agriculture   Small scale agriculture provides over 80 percent of the agricultural production in the Near East and North Africa (NENA). Most of the fresh food in the region is produced by small scale farmers who contribute to feeding the...
02.03.2015

19 February 2015, Cairo – Amidst the mounting challenges in the region of food insecurity, displacement of populations, protracted crises, water scarcity and climate change, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) of the League of Arab States held...
19.02.2015

2 February 2015, Khartoum -- FAO takes part in the first National Knowledge share Fair in Sudan organized by The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MoAI). The Fair is an exciting and “out-of-the-box” opportunity  to share knowledge, discuss, learn and explore creative and innovative experience and influence future development activities in...
02.02.2015

FAO with the support of the Syrian Veterinary Association is helping more than 80 000 small-scale herders to protect their livestock assets and reduce animal production losses. 1 February 2015, Damascus – Nearly 4 000 000 sheep, goats and cattle across Syria will be treated for parasites by FAO with the support...
01.02.2015