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Sana’a, 14 July 2014 - The Netherlands Government and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN sign a new project agreement to enhance water resources management in Yemen. The USD 4 934 507 worth project will reduce groundwater abstraction in the Sana’a basin to more sustainable levels and support...
14.07.2014

Cairo, 13 July 2014 - FAO hosts the first Steering Committee to discuss the implementation of the Near East and North Africa Action Plan for the Benefit-Sharing Fund in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resource for Agriculture. The Treaty NENA...
13.07.2014

Cairo, 3 July, 2014 - The global early outlook for wheat production in 2014 has been favourable. FAO's first forecast for world wheat production in 2014 stands at 704 million tonnes, with Near East and North Africa (NENA) production estimated at 49 million tonnes compared to 47.1 million tonnes in...
03.07.2014

Representatives from eight coastal countries of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden are being convened in Cairo, 22-24 June, to attend the Regional Consultation on Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Fisheries and aquaculture in...
23.06.2014

Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD) will open a regional bureau in the State of Kuwait, a Kuwaiti official announced here on Wednesday. ACSAD's general assembly has approved a Kuwaiti request to establish the regional office...
04.06.2014