On the occasion of World Food Day 2023, the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture of Saudi Arabia, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organized a grand celebration in Hail. The event was held under the auspices of His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Prince of Hail. This celebration was made possible with the support of partners, including Hail Region Municipality, Almarai, National Seeds Agricultural Production Company (NSPC), LEHA Agriculture, and JAL and also served as the inauguration of the agricultural extension convoy activities in the region, known as the "القافلة_الزراعية_الإرشادية" (Agricultural Extension Convoy) and Pomegranate and Figs Festival.

The loss of biodiversity is seriously undermining our ability to feed and nourish an ever-growing global population. Biodiversity includes not only the plants and animals that we eat and that provide feed, fuel and fibre. Biodiversity for food and agriculture also includes the myriad of organisms that support food production: The beetles, worms and micro-organisms that keep soils fertile; the insects and birds that pollinate our crops and keep pests in check, the animals and plants that nourish the fish we catch and the trees and plants that filter our water and regulate our climate.

A delegation of around twenty fruit and vegetable importers from Central and Eastern Europe visited Morocco in October 2023, with the mission to uncover burgeoning trade opportunities and foster new business prospects with Moroccan agrifood operators.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Atomic Energy Agency, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan launched today the first day of the Regional Laboratory Training within the framework of “Implementation of the Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) Global Eradication Programme (PPR GEP II) in Jordan, including assessment of risks, distribution and establishment of a reliable surveillance system”. Funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).

As part of its efforts in support of the Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS), FAO facilitated the organization of a roundtable discussion aimed at clarifying a set of issues related to the establishment process of the regional Forum, including, inter alia, type of governance structure, relationship with the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) and establishment of country fora. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a two-day regional event named “Engaging cities in sustainable and inclusive agrifood systems transformation in the Near East and North Africa region”. The event is part of FAO’s efforts in the region to encourage knowledge and experience exchange among stakeholders and promote policy and effective actions towards development of sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems in the cities. 

The 3^rd quarterly issue of the Food Policy Monitoring Bulletin presents how Arab countries protect farmers from shocks by setting up multi-hazard early warning systems and natural disaster risk management institutions. 

6 April 2021, Jordan – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) conducted a one-day national virtual training under the title “Water Governance Analysis” for water experts in Jor...

In the context of its collaboration with the Arab Women Organization, FAO organized a three-day workshop on gender statistics in agriculture, targeted at officials from national statistics offices, SDGs coordinators and gender focal points and experts from ministries of agriculture from six co...

27 March 2019, Amman - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and officials from the Japan Embassy in Jordan, attended a food processing exhibition organized by Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanian communities hosting the refugees.

The exhibition took place in ...

Now I can help meet my family needs, for example those related to the health and education of my children,” stated a participant of one of the women-only farmer field schools (FFS) from Lahj, Yemen.

FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture in Lebanon to work on new agricultural strategy

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...

Cairo, July 19 - Food loss reduction is a means to achieve broader food systems sustainability objectives as it contributes to improving food security and nutrition, livelihoods and reduces the burden on scarce natural resources such as land and water. However, the lack of rel...

14 March 2021, Tehran – Amid more than a year-long COVID-19 pandemic, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Iran’s ministries of Agriculture Jahad and Energy and local research institut...

June 2021, Jordan – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education, implemented a two-day on-ground training in Jordan for six members from ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Libya has organized a training workshop on collecting and managing quantitative and qualitative field data using KoBoToolBox. Deployed on the ground through field survey, the tool will support the assessment of agricultural land and water infrastructure damages and losses caused by the floods and provide information on their impact on the livelihoods of agricultural populations.

Cairo, 26 September 2022 It is imperative to mainstream and develop institutional capacities for fostering the resilient agrifood systems and strengthening the role of regional trade as urgent and vital enablers for food security in the Near East and North African Region;...

24 November 2020 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of the “Scoring for the SDGs” Campaign, is working to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and highlighting the need of holding a sustainable World Cup.

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