Lebanon celebrates World Food Day 2018
16/10/2018
FAO staff in the Near East and North Africa reaffirm their pledge to Zero Hunger on World Food Day
18/10/2018
18 October 2018, Cairo, Egypt – Staff of the Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) and the Egypt office of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reaffirmed their pledge to Zero Hunger today as they celebrated World Food Day.
During the celebrat...
FAO unlocks the potential of protected agriculture in GCC Countries
21/10/2018
Iraq celebrates World Food Day 2018
22/10/2018
Baghdad, October 22, 2018 –The Ministry of Agriculture in Iraq, in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme in Iraq (WFP) celebrated the World Food Day under the patronage of H.E. M...
Jordan celebrates World Food Day during first Dates Festival
22/10/2018
22 October 2018, Amman, Jordan- Today FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP) have joined forces with partners and the Ministry of Agriculture to commemorate World Food Day in Jordan.
The celebra...
FAO and CIHEAM promote control of Red Palm Weevil
25/10/2018
25 October 2018, Bari, Italy – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), has called for the adoption of an integrated multidisciplinary approach to id...
FAO and the UAE discuss means for future collaboration
25/10/2018
25 October 2019, Cairo -- FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa, Abdessalam Ould Ahmed today met the Minister of Climate Change and Environment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi at the League o...
FAO strengthens producer organizations and family farming in Lebanon, Oman and Sudan
02/11/2018
30 October-2 November 2018, Lebanon – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has organized a regional workshop on strengthening national capacities of producer organizations and cooperatives in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) Region in collabor...
UN allocates USD 250 thousand to Libya's fight against deadly zoonotic diseases
02/11/2018
2 November 2018, Tunisia - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today that the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) of the United Nations approved to allocate USD 250,000 to fight zoonotic diseases in Libya.
Mohamed A...
Staying ahead of foot and mouth disease in Mauritania
04/11/2018
4 November 2018, Mauritania – Following outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Mauritania, a team of experts have been deployed by the Emergency Management Centre for Animal Health (EMC-AH), a specialized unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO...
The world cannot stand by watching Yemen’s human tragedy
06/11/2018
FAO and Arab Society for Plant Protection discuss Red Palm Weevil in the region
07/11/2018
7 November 2018, Cairo, Egypt – FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa (NENA), Abdessalam Ould Ahmed, has met today with the Arab Society for Plant Protection (ASPP) to further discuss their cooperation on combating the Re...
FAO joins the Arab Conference for Investment in Food Security
12/11/2018
Antimicrobial resistance is a threat to lives and livelihoods worldwide
12/11/2018
Libya joins the race to eradicate Red Palm Weevil
13/11/2018
To end hunger, we need political commitment
14/11/2018
FAO joins Arab Sustainable Development Week
20/11/2018
20 November 2018, Cairo, Egypt – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has joined the Arab Sustainable Development Week aiming at strengthen its partnership with governments of Arab countries to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
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FAO and the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment sign MoU
29/11/2018
29 November 2018, Kuwait – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME).
FAO’s signing, which was on behalf of the R...
FAO celebrates World Soil Day
02/12/2018
2 December 2018, Cairo, Egypt – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is set to celebrate World Soil Day in collaboration with the International Union of Soil Sciences and the Egyptian Soil Science Society on 4-5 December under the auspices of the E...
Closure of FAO Training on the Conservation of Stored Grains for some 50 Participants and Supervisors of Wheat Silos
03/12/2018
3 December 2018, Tunis- As part of the project to reduce food loss and waste in Tunisia, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is implementing a training program in cooperation with the Central Cooperative for Wheat (COCEBLE), funded by the Italian Agency for Internation...