Certificates awarded to Regional FFS Workshop participants

The framework agreement aims at supporting hunger and poverty eradication and in transitioning towards a more sustainable agriculture system

Participants from 6 North African countries and experts in Integrated Pest Management

20 November 2022, Cairo - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (RNE) organized a three-day training titled “Towards gender-transformative interventions in the agriculture and rural sector in the NENA region” in col...

20 November 2022, Aswan – The Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations “FAO” regional programme on Red Palm Weevil (RPW) eradication in the Near East and North Africa extends will host the meeting of the RPW Project steering committee (SC). ...

FAO presented today at COP27 the first edition of the State of Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture in the Near East and North Africa region

The International Date Council (IDC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the visit of Dr Qu Dongyu, FAO Director-General to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 9-11 November. 

The MOU was signed by Dr Abdul...

9 November 2022 Amman, Jordan – Today, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Jordan held an inception workshop for the project “Building resilience to cope with climate change in Jordan through improving water use efficiency in the ag...

2 November 2022, Cairo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (RNE) organized a three-day technical workshop to discuss “Unlocking the potential for sustainable, inclusive and competitive agribusiness development i...

For better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life 16-17 October 2022

تؤدي المرأة دورًا رئيسًا في إنتاج الغذاء والزراعة والتنمية الريفية في جميع أنحاء العالم، وهي حقيقة لا يمكن إنكارها رغم عدم تقدير مساهماتها وغض النظر عنها أو التقليل من شأنها. وجاء احتفال الأمم المتحدة هذا العام باليوم الدولي للمرأة الريفية تحت شعار "النساء الريفيات يزرعن غذاءً جيدًا ...

FAO at the 3rd Oman Science Festival in Muscat presented “Sustainable agri-food systems transformation for better production, better nutrition, better environment and better life: challenges and opportunities in Oman”

The livestock component of the Sustainable Rural Agricultural Development (FAO-SRAD) Project of FAO Technical Cooperation Programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) focuses on integrated capacity development for better production and productivity, strengthening the value addition, marketin...

The statement was signed by Member States of the Arab Initiative to End Hunger

Amman, 10 October 2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), launched today the first day of the final workshop of the project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Water Efficiency/Productivity and Water Sustainability in NENA countries” fu...

Saudi Arabia has a rich tradition of coffee which is consumed as a cinnamon-flavored beverage called gahwa. In the Kingdom, coffee Arabica is cultivated in the southwest in highland terraces of the provinces of Jazan, Asir and Al Baha. It is estimated that some 1,600 smallholder coffe...

Hammamet, September, 2022. The FAO representation in Tunisia within the framework of the project "Improvement of water efficiency and productivity and its sustainability in the NENA region" organize...

JERUSALEM, 20 Sept.—When in 2019 FAO visited wholesale markets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip under the Multidonor Agribusiness Programme (MAP), poor infrastructure and governance were negatively impacting the incomes, food security and nutrition of hundreds of thousands of p...

Amman, 18 September 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) launched today a workshop on the Good Emergency Management Practice - Bio-Threat (GEMP-BT). The workshop is tailored to veterinary...

Amman, 14 September, 2022- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and with the support of the European Union (...