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MEDIA ADVISORY: 35th session of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East and North Africa
16/09/2020
Technical regional meeting on combating desert locust in the Near East and North Africa
14/09/2020
14 September 2020, Cairo, Egypt – FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa and the Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region (CRC) have hosted today a virtual technical regional meeting to discuss efforts to control desert locust in...
FAO and Zubair SEC collaborate to bolster the role of SMEs in food systems
08/09/2020
7 September 2020, Oman – With the aim of promoting sustainable food systems and contributing to the improvement of food and nutrition security in the Sultanate, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Zubair Small Enterprises Centre (Zubair SEC) – a social impact initi...
Water level and Ec sensor equipment installation and training in Al-Minya and Kafr ElSheikh governorates
25/08/2020
July, August 2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) have successfully installed water level and Ec sensor devices in each of Al-Minya and Kafr El-Sheikh go...
FAO builds the capacity of date palm farmers on integrated management of red palm weevil
13/08/2020
Amman, August 13, 2020 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Jordan has launched on Wednesday the first of a series of training workshops on integrated management of the red palm weevil for date palm farmers in Jordan.
The workshop...
Harnessing the potential of Palestinian youth to contribute to the agri-food sector
12/08/2020
25 Years of continuous dedication to FAO ideals
11/08/2020
11 August 2020, Cairo - FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa Abdessalam Ould Ahmed today presented the Seniority Award Medal to Osama Salah El Din, who completed twenty-five years of uninterrupted service with the Organi...
Webinar on Xylella Fastidiosa: A global bacterium threat invading the Near East and North Africa region
29/07/2020
Multiple Cities, 29 July 2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing, today, a webinar for another imminent global threat to plant health and crop production in Xylella fastidiosa (Xf), now on the doorsteps of the Near East and North ...
Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture workshop highlights climate action in Arab States
27/07/2020
27 July 2020, Cairo, Egypt – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), jointly with the League of Arab States (LAS) and in partnership with Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), has hosted today a workshop to discuss the
FAO and member countries map out regional priorities in responding to COVID-19 impact on food and agriculture
26/07/2020
FAO restores fishing based-livelihoods by rehabilitating fishery sector facilities in Yemen
19/07/2020
FAO continues Desert Locust control support to protect livelihoods in Yemen
09/07/2020
Turning Challenges into Green Opportunities
06/07/2020
06 July 2020, Jordan - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in cooperation with the Royal Scientific Society (RSS)/National Energy Research Center (NERC) completed the first day of the pioneering theoretical training on Biogas Technology “Design,...
Third tele-conference of FAO global action against Fall Armyworm in Near East and North Africa region
03/07/2020
Cairo, 3 July 2020 -
After the success holding of the first two tele-conference of Fall Armyworm (FAW) global action, which resulted in exchanging critical information regarding pest status of FAW in NENA countries, particularly the announcement of FAW detection i...
FAO and the UN family hail Kuwait’s aid to improve livelihood of vulnerable people in Syria
02/07/2020
Kuwait and Cairo, 2 July 2020 - Amid a continuing crisis of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the international community grows concerns about its impact on people across Syria, whose livelihood and resilience have been decimated by almost a decade of war. Howe...
International Day of Cooperatives: An occasion to shed light on the support of FAO to the General Directorate of Cooperatives
02/07/2020
Beirut, July 2nd, 2020 - On the occasion of the International Day for Cooperatives, and in the presence of H.E. Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Abbas Mortada, and the presence of Mr. Jamie Schnurr, Head of Cooperation – Government of Canada in Lebanon, the Food and Agr...
FAO launches first Virtual Regional Consultative Technical Meeting
01/07/2020
FAO organizes the first online dialogue with youth on agriculture in Lebanon
26/06/2020
What are the challenges that need to be solved in Lebanon to achieve the Lebanon you want to see in 25 years? What do you want to see in 2045 when the UN will turn 100? What is the future of agriculture in Lebanon and what’s the role of youth in this future? Lebanese students enrolled in ...
Op-Ed: The fourth agriculture revolution, rural Jordan going digital
25/06/2020
June 23, 2020
The agricultural sector of Jordan is at a turning point. The current context, characterized by slow-onset climate change impact and sudden-onset shocks, such as the Covid-19 related lockdown, is calling for a new revolution of the food systems. Jordan famers, desp...
