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Under the framework of the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for water efficiency/productivity and water sustainability in NENA countries”, one of the key activities is implementing different Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in the eight studied countries. Palestine one of the countries under the project, suffers from a shortage in...
28.09.2020
28.09.2020
September 22, 2020 - A combination of climate change, population pressure, pollution and use of inappropriate cropping patterns and farming techniques has been depleting the aquifer of the Gaza Strip, threatening food production and farmers’ incomes.
To address these challenges, FAO has partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture and the French Development Agency...
22.09.2020
22.09.2020
Amman, 22 September - Three United Nations agencies, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP), are partnering with the Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan to launch a project that is funded by the European Union (EU), to enhance resilient livelihoods...
22.09.2020
22.09.2020
Ministers from Near East and North Africa commit to strengthen collaboration on food and agriculture
22 September 2020, Muscat/Rome - Ministers from the Near East and North Africa (NENA) approved a historical Ministerial Declaration that sets a foundation for strengthened collaboration across the region to build lasting solutions to the most urgent and pressing food and agricultural challenges, aimed at recovering from COVID-19 impacts and transforming...
22.09.2020
22.09.2020
21 September 2020, Muscat/Rome – The 35th FAO Regional Conference for the Near East started today with the topics of transforming food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and responding to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at the centre of the discussions.
The COVID-19 pandemic “is primarily a health crisis, but its...
21.09.2020
21.09.2020