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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The main alternative control methods leverage food safety, consumer health and respect for the environment

3 April 2019, Amman - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) and the Arab Organization for Agriculture Development (AOAD) organized a workshop to strengthen the capacities of national authorities in carry...

Ensuring Food Safety Requires Innovation for Plant and Vegetable Health

Training workshop on Desert Locust surveillance and control concluded in Aden with three vehicles handed over to Ministry of Agriculture

Supporting Agricultural Development through Remote Sensing Technologies in Libya

16 December 2021, FAO –  the International Center for Agricultural Research the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and Jordan’s National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) hosted a training of trainers event to share experiences w...

Cairo, 25 November 2020 – Since the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging data and reports have shown that all forms of violence against ...

13 January 2021, Tehran - FAO provides Iranian farmers with learning opportunities on handling low water productivity challenges, monitoring local water resources, and adopting an optimal cropping pattern, to increase farm-household income and reduce water withdrawal.

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15 December 2019, Amman – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Jordan convened a two day workshop (Second Nexus Dialogue: Hands-on nexus analysis in Jordan) under the 3rd Output NEXUS- Assessing water sustainability using a Water-Food-Energy-Cli...

27 March 2023, Khartoum - A recently released special report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2022/23 Crops and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) has revealed significant improvements in cereal production in the Sudan. The mission was c...

11 August 2020, Cairo - FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa Abdessalam Ould Ahmed today presented the Seniority Award Medal to Osama Salah El Din, who completed twenty-five years of uninterrupted service with the Organi...

31 August2021, Beirut - Dramatic changes are taking place in farming worldwide as a result of globalization, liberalization, and rapid urbanization. Farmers are intensifying existing patterns of production and diversifying their farm enterprises in an attempt to improve t...