The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) invites you to submit an offer for the procurement of Facility management (Cleaning and Maintenance) Service to be delivered to FAO Premises in Dokki Cairo, Egypt. If you are interested in submitting an offer, please make sure to have, at least, a UNGM Basic Registration with FAO (www.ungm.org). Instructions on how to access FAO tender documents through UNGM are attached to the present Notice under the “DOCUMENTS” tab; please follow these instructions when submitting your bid. OFFERS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IF SUBMITTED THROUGH THE UNGM PORTAL. OFFERS NOT SUBMITTED THROUGH THE UNGM PORTAL WILL BE INVALIDATED. Many thanks and best regards, FAO PROCUREMENT SERVICE.

The recent Food Policy Monitoring Bulletin highlights that inflation continues to ease in most regional countries. Still, it is persistent in some economies, such as Egypt, Lebanon, the Sudan and Yemen. In North Africa wheat yields are projected to be well below-average and, thus, increasing import requirements, while in the Near East, winter cereal production is expected to be above-average. 

Regional consultations on the review of the Second Global Plan of Action for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture  commenced in Kuwait. More than 50 participants from the Near East and North Africa region, including National Focal Points for Plant Genetic Resources to the  International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and to the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, have met to discuss their priorities for the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources or food and agriculture.

The United Nations recognize that unsustainable food systems must be transformed to become more sustainable if the global community is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations Agencies together with the private sector and other relevant stakeholders need to take a new approach in order to reach the SDGs targets.

Supply and installation of a complete video conferencing solution to integrate with current conference room Bosch sound system and work with both Microsoft Teams and Zoom

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) invites you to submit an offer for the Provision of Modern Irrigation System and Solar System to be delivered to Qena and Menia Governorates. If you are interested in submitting an offer, please make sure to have, at least, a UNGM Basic Registration with FAO (www.ungm.org). Instructions on how to access FAO tender documents through UNGM are attached to the present Notice under the “DOCUMENTS” tab; please follow these instructions when submitting your bid. OFFERS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IF SUBMITTED THROUGH THE UNGM PORTAL. OFFERS NOT SUBMITTED THROUGH THE UNGM PORTAL WILL BE INVALIDATED. Many thanks and best regards, FAO PROCUREMENT UNIT

The Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (RNE) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), along with the Near East Plant Protection Organization (NEPPO), collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Fisheries in Tunisia to organize a regional workshop. 

 Alarming new food security projections for Sudan published today show that Sudan is facing a devastating hunger catastrophe on a scale not seen since the Darfur crisis in the early 2000s, warn the heads of three United Nations agencies. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) raises alarm over high  risk of famine across the whole Gaza Strip, as long as conflict continues, and sustained and at-scale humanitarian access is restricted, according to a new report published by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) global initiative.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Jordan with the support of the Government of Spain, and in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), launched today the “Enhancing food security through adaptation to climate change and water scarcity in Ma’an and Karak Governorates” project, funded by the Government of Spain through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) launched today the “Enhancement of the efficient response of the decentralized agricultural departments in Jordan” project to boost the quality of the service provision as a part of the quality management of the agricultural sector in Jordan and improve the efficient response and service provision of the agricultural departments.

The restoration of water for irrigation is always great news for farmers! It bears in mind that timely access to irrigation water is crucial for the productivity of agricultural systems, as it ensures a sustainable food supply, enables farmers to cultivate diverse crops and improve the quality of their produce, reduces poverty and improves the livelihoods of small-scale farmers, and, incredibly, enhances the environment’s resilience to climate change.    

The Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (RNE) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan, concluded a Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop on the SusaHamra application and platform under the framework of the FAO Red Palm Weevil (RPW) Eradication "GCP/RNE/012/MUL" program.  

The United Arab Emirates has signed a key agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and prevent the imminent risk of famine. The agreement was signed on behalf of the UAE by His Excellency Sultan Al Shamsi, Assistant Minister for International Development Affairs, and on behalf of FAO by, Guangzhou Qu, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York, at a special ceremony in New York at the UAE Mission to the UN in New York, and in the presence of Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. 

The future of our land faces critical challenges, with up to 40 percent of the world's land already degraded. Healthy land, crucial for providing 95 percent of our food, clothing, shelter, jobs, and protection from natural disasters, is disappearing at an alarming rate—equivalent to four football fields every second, or 100 million ha annually.

The Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Near East and North Africa (FAO RNE) in partnership with the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO EMRO) jointly organized an awareness campaign event on the occasion of World Food Safety Day, held under the theme “food safety: prepare for the unexpected,”.

Dubai Food Safety Forum, organized by Dubai Municipality, held its second session on June 6, in observance of World Food Safety Day, which falls on June 7 every year. The second session of the Forum was held under the theme ‘Food Safety: Preparing for the Unexpected’ with the participation of the Subregional office of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for the GCC states and Yemen.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a regional Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop on the "SusaHamra App": a digital system for collecting and analyzing data on monitoring and surveillance of Red Palm Weevil (RPW) from June 3 to 5 in Muscat, Oman with the participation of specialists and officials from 7 Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen, and Oman. Under the framework of the RPW eradication “GCP /RNE/012/MUL programme, a three-day workshop is organized by the FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (RNE), FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP), and in collaboration with Oman's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources. 

Tunisia, a country with a rich agricultural heritage, is grappling with a range of sustainability challenges arising from ecological, socio-economic, and climatic pressures. In 2021, the unemployment rate surged to 18%, disproportionately affecting young people (40%) and women (22%).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is holding a Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop on the Susa-Hamra App: a digital system for monitoring and early warning for Red Palm Weevil (RPW), from May 28 to 30 in Amman