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The Regional office for Near East and North Africa (RNE) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) organized its first Zoom meeting on the status and implementation of the Red Palm Weevil Management Programme on 08th June 2020.   The Red Palm Weevil (RPW) is a serious transboundary...
08.06.2020

08/06/2020 With 3 165 kilometres of coastline, it is hardly surprising that fish markets are an important, daily part of local life in Oman. The Sultanate of Oman is one of the largest fish producers in the Gulf region with a total capture production of 580 000 tonnes in 2019, and...
08.06.2020

Joint statement from Abdessalam Ould Ahmed, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa and Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region 7 June 2020, Cairo – On the occasion of World Food Safety Day 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
07.06.2020

Sana’a, 7 June 2020 – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations welcomes the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council’s decision to program USD 17.8 million for FAO to support the Government of Yemen in achieving its national environmental development agenda. The project will address the critical intersection between...
07.06.2020

7 June 2020, Cairo, Egypt – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region is working to provide small-scale family farmers with the needed knowledge to overcome challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including, on one hand, safety procedures and hygiene regulations, and...
07.06.2020