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 farmers to harvest water and to impa...

Water is essential for agricultural production and food security.  It is the lifeblood of ecosystems, including forests, lakes and wetlands, on which our present and future food and nutritional security depends. Growing water scarcity is now one of the leading challenges for sustainable development. 

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 project “Building Resilient Environ...

Cairo - AbdulHakim Elwaer, FAO Assistant Director- General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa shares a broad overview of the results of the 36th session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC36) which was held in Baghdad in February, focusing on the regional priorities and tangible steps to be taken in various fields. 

The Near East and North Africa region must take a holistic approach to food security, energy and water issues as it prepares for the COP-27 and COP-28 climate summits to be held in Egypt this year and the United Arab  Emirates next year, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and...