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

Water scarcity can exacerbate food insecurity, migration and malnutrition in the region

Libya, 9 April 2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is completing the cycle of training workshops on fighting Zoonotic diseases in Libya implemented in the framework of the Emergency Assistance for Outbreaks of Deadly Zoonotic Diseases (High...

10 April 2019, Amman - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted a closing ceremony to celebrate the success of their "Social Stability and Resilient Livelihoods for Syrian Refugees and Vulnerable Jordanian Farm Families from Hosting Communities" project, funded by th...

Tunisia, 19 April, 2019

His Excellency Mr. Sabri Bachtobji, Secretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, received Mr. Philippe Ankers who presented him his credentials as Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Tunisia.

On this occa...

Lebanese and Syrian refugees benefit from FAO projects in Lebanon

Aleppo – 2 May 2019 --  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Russian Federation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform and the Ministry of Water Resources, have announced the launch of a two years p...

Targeted awareness will help reduce food waste during festive seasons

Conflicts and widening rural-urban gaps hamper the region’s efforts to end hunger by 2030

23 May 2019, Damascus - The food and agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) have announced a three-year project to improve agriculture in the Syrian Arab Republic through the enhancement of smallholder capabilities.

The “Small...

The UN’s Decade of Family Farming

A Strategy that Promotes Good Governance, Professionalism and Commitment

Cairo, 25 June, 2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today held a regional workshop as part of the project “Use of Non-conventional water in Agriculture in Support of Sustainable Agri-aquaculture Development in Desert and Arid Lands in...