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The 38th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC38) addresses growing risks to food security

16/03/2020

Following the Council of Ministers’ decision on March 15, 2020, to declare General Mobilization to control the spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), launched on March 16, distance online l...

13/03/2020

March 2020, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Stockholm Environment Institute and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, organized and successfully completed the second Nexus Dialogue workshop for 28 participants in Souss Mass...

12/03/2020

In early February 2020, FAO distributed 1 500 head of livestock (mostly goats and sheep) to families in Haifan district of Taiz governorate in Yemen as a means of improving their ability to produce food for household consumption and earn extra income. 

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07/03/2020

Sana’a, March 7, 2020-The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) participated in the opening ceremony of the refresher training program organized by Yemen’s University of Sana'a through the College of Veterinary Medicine. The training focuses on field ve...

07/03/2020
The project is mainstreaming the role of women in peacebuilding through a natural resources management approach
28/02/2020

February 2020 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the national governmental organizations managing water resources in the participating countries, organized and successfu...

25/02/2020
Staff trained with the required skills and knowledge to be more effective in various agricultural sectors, boosting productivity
25/02/2020

On Tuesday, February 25, 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Lebanon, in collaboration with the Ministry of Water and Energy and the North Lebanon Water Establishment, launched the project “Rehabilitation and waste management of El-Bared Canal ...

25/02/2020

Within the project “Improved Water Resources Monitoring System/Integrated Water Resources Management at regional level in Lebanon” funded by the Swiss Embassy, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) and t...

24/02/2020

Damascus - 24 February 2020: One of the biggest challenges facing agriculture in the Syrian Arab Republic is the need for comprehensive programmes and projects to help recovery across the sector, after almost ten years of crisis. There has been major physical damage caused by ...

10/02/2020

Amman - February 10, 2020 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) launched Monday a pioneering project to provide capacity building and technical support for the Integrated Agri-Aquaculture (IAA) farming systems in Jordan.

29/01/2020

Bari, 29 January 2020 – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has organized in collaboration with CIHEAM-Bari a pre-conference meeting in Bari, Italy to promote the plan to establish a regional trust fund that will support strategic programme to face tr...

21/01/2020
Next stop: Regional Conference for the Near East in Oman
20/01/2020
FAO points to the need to turn food systems into accelerators of the Sustainable Development Goals
10/01/2020
FAO Syria to launch entrepreneurship-training programme to modernize farmers’ attitudes
08/01/2020

Amman - January 8, 2020 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) to provide capacity building and technical support for the Integrated Agri-Aquaculture (IAA) farming systems in water-strapped Jordan.
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03/01/2020
The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture and FAO launch the year under the theme "protecting plants, protecting life"
30/12/2019

Tunis 30 December 2019

In collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded a Program for training of trainers in Solar Powered Irrigation Systems as part of the...

16/12/2019
FAO Director-General speaks at World Youth Forum
16/12/2019

16 December 2019, Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a consultation workshop to present and discuss a “Code of Conduct” for guiding the public sector in taking action to reduce food loss and waste (FLW). The workshop gathered ...

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Mohamed Alaidaroos
Regional Communication Officer
Tel: +20 2 3331 6000