Multiple Cities, June 24 2020 - The Regional office for Near East and North Africa (RNE) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) organized a series of five Zoom meetings in the period from 16-23 June 2020 for coordination of the activities of the fi...

1.8 million sheep and goats in 48 districts throughout six governorates of Yemen to be vaccinated and treated against Peste des Petits Ruminants and Sheep and Goat Pox, benefiting over 41,000 rural households.

Damascus, 23 June 2020 - “Here we are today, back to planting and harvesting quality wheat two years after fleeing home. We are excited since agriculture is our only source of living,” said Majd Al Mahmoud from Al Sefsafeh Village - Hama Governorate.

Majd is one of 5 50...

Samir Seklawi, a potato farmer, eagerly came from his village to attend a seminar on Integrated Management of Potato. Samir was one of the twelve potato farmers coming from the region of Deir El Ahmar, to benefit from the seminar organized by the project on “Prevention of Agrochemical Pollutio...

When agricultural heritage helps crops adapt to drought and feeds communities despite the odds

Ramli agricultural systems in the lagoons of Ghar El Melh and hanging gardens of Djebba El Olia provide vital ecosystem services and traditional knowledge preservation

12 June 2020, Tunisia - Youth unemployment is one of the main challenges currently facing Tunisia. At the same time, however, it is precisely young women and men who have a crucial role to play in securing the future of agricultural value chains by making them more pr...

Digital innovation is boosting the fisheries supply chain in Oman during COVID-19

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 08^th June 2020.

 

The Red ...

Joint statement from the Regional Directors of FAO and WHO

The project will support the development of sustainable and resilient livelihoods for rural Yemenis by mainstreaming climate change adaptation, biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable land management across productive agriculture, livestock and fisher

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, sa...

Joint statement from FAO, UNICEF, WFP AND WHO

27 May 2020, Amman/Cairo - "Governments and partners across the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) are working around the clock to protect communities from the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). While these eff...

FAO assess COVID-19 and its impact on food security in the Near East and North Africa and how to respond

Friday, 15 May 2020, Beirut, Lebanon (United Nations) – The Lebanese economy is suffering from the consequences of longstanding development challenges and multiples crises. Starting from the Syrian crisis in 2011, to the ongoing financial and ...

Cairo, 7 May 2020 - The Regional office for Near East and North Africa (RNE) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) organized the first teleconference on Global Action for Fall Armyworm (FAW) Control. The conference aimed to launch the main points to implement...

FAO is in the early phases of an extended campaign to reduce Yemen’s locust population, safeguarding farmers’ livelihoods, and food security.

20 March 2020, Beirut - On the occasion of the International Forests Day 2020, FAO Lebanon disseminated a briefing note on reforestation and afforestation in Lebanon, highlighting FAO interventions and impact in this context.

In this note, FAO Lebanon offered some inter...

$1 million pledge for campaign to control threat to crops and forage

Tunis: In the current special situation of COVID-19, telework has become a necessity in order to ensure continuity, from a distance, in the implementation of FAO projects in Tunisia. Mr. Philippe Ankers, Coordinator of FAO in North Africa and Representative in Tunisia, deliver...