World Soil Day: Be the Solution to Soil Pollution

5 December 2018, Cairo -- Five cadres from the Libyan ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Marine Wealth gained a valuable expertise in Geographic Data Management, as part of the capacity building agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ...

6 December 2018, Madrid, Spain - Spain is one of the main grain importers in the Mediterranean region. As such, the country has a wealth of experience to offer to its North African neighbor on the other side of the sea who faces similar challenges managing the increasing dema...

Awareness at the Heart of the Fight against Food Waste

Programme will support efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 – a world with zero hunger

31 December 2018, Cairo -- As part of the capacity building agreement between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Libya, FAO representation to Libya is delivering a training workshop to cadres from the Libyan ministry of...

Tunis, 18 January, 2019: A workshop was held today to validate the national strategy of veterinary services in Tunisia. The strategy is the culmination of a process based on rigorous analysis and a diagnosis of the current state of the sector. Its design, initiated by the Gene...

FAO: A Necessity for Job Creation and Food Security

FAO: Essential Skills for Life-saving Activities in Libya

FAO completes training cycle on reducing milk losses

Tunis, 28 February, 2019 - Sixty teachers from grade schools and high schools in Tunis participated in the validation of the Tunisian version of the first guide on good practices for reducing food waste, prepared by the Regional Office for Near East and North Africa of th...

FAO: Women, a key player in the fight against waste

Graziano da Silva pledges FAO's continued support to Near East and North African countries combating the invasive pest

Project to boost livestock production and access to nutritious food

Conflict and crisis in the Middle East and North Africa has led to an increase in child labour across the region, including in children’s involvement in armed conflict and other illicit activities, a new report finds.

Pilot sites identified in Jendouba and Kairouan for water accounting and productivity

FAO and partners convene the 2019 Land and Water Days in Cairo

Cairo, 2 April 2019 - Feeding a growing global population amid a changing climate calls for more and better investment in water for agriculture.

During today’s session at FAO’s Land and Water Days in Cairo, Egypt, the FAO Investment Centre unveiled its new Guidel...

An analytical tool and a strategic framework to maintain the excellence of the current system

Arab countries endorse a declaration aims at sustaining food and water security