21 June 2022, Rome - The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today unveiled MedSea4Fish – an ambitious long-term programme that will se...

20 June 2022, Cairo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa has launched today the implementation of the Global Action on Green Development of Special Agricultural Products:

Better mastery of standard operating procedures and simulation exercises as emergency preparedness tools.

Amman/Cairo | 15 June 2022 | Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Near East and North Africa Region, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNIC...

13/06/2022 Rome – QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Supervisor-General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief), today signed an agreement that will h...

22 March 2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), and the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ) conducted a three-day training from 27 February to 1 March to improve the technique of Palestinian olive far...

“The Abu Dhabi Declaration” supports partnerships between international organizations and the Near East Region to enhance food security; and the KIAAI honors winners

February 2022 - The Government of the Sultanate of Oman, through the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources has signed a USD 949,388 (OMR 365,040), two-year Project Agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the...

Participants in regional conference pledge support for inclusive and sustainable rural and agricultural development, promoting food security for all

EBRD and FAO organised training courses with farmers and exporters on pesticides management and microbiological contamination

Tunisia _ January 2022_ The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Tunisia supported the efforts of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture to reach the objective of improving water productivity for a strategic crop in Tunisia: the olive tree. Within the frame...

New report calls for radical changes to the Arab region’s agrifood systems to deliver food security and nutrition for all

La contribution de 1,7 million d’USD versée par le Qatar servira à améliorer la petite production agricole et animale par la voie de mesures préventives axées sur la résilience climatique.

Antimicrobial Resistance threatens Africa’s development

New five-year strategic partnership kicks off with $5 million to help vulnerable Yemeni farming families

Berrechid (Morocco), June 2021 - The FAO Representation in Morocco supported the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, And Water and Forests, and the Ministry of Equipment, Transportation, Logistics and Water, in establishing a participatory dialogue ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has started implementing a webinar series on Remote Sensing (RS) determination of evapotranspiration (ET) which pursues four main objectives, including updating the participants’ knowledge regarding current adopti...

Near East Forestry and Range Commission calls for strengthened efforts to reduce forest degradation and deforestation

2.8 million hectares of forests lost in 30 years and 3.3% of rangelands degraded

The launch of a regional FAO emergency response project to combat fall armyworm (FAW) in the Near East North Africa (NENA) region has meant new training activities in four countries – Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, plus the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A series of workshops and lectures has pr...