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Increasing water scarcity, degradation of water quality, land salinity and desiccation of marshlands, are all crucial issues that constantly challenge the sustainable development of lower Mesopotamia. To tackle these development challenges, the governments of Lower Mesopotamia’s riparian countries (Iraq, Iran and Syria)...
27.01.2013

Issued Report of the Regional Agro-Industries Forum (RAIF), Beirut-Lebanon The potential for agro-industries development in the Middle East and North Africa Region, is crucial to meet increasing and diversified food needs, reduce food losses, create employment and achieve pro-poor economic growth. This is the key message of the Regional...
14.01.2013

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, with the support of the Government of Italy, are organizing the inception workshop of the project “Improving household food and nutrition security in Egypt by Targeting Women and Youth”. The project, which...
10.01.2013

FAO is launching the Regional TCP project on Management of Tomato Borer: T. absoluta to tackle the threats of the pest on solanacious crops in the Near East. FAO is emphasizing on bio-ecological pest control approach against the tomato borer that are environmentally and economically sustainable methods...
09.01.2013

Under the royal patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Women Establishment, and wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Presidential Affairs, UAE; and as part of DWE's 'Women in...
25.12.2012