FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

30/12/2019

Tunis 30 December 2019

In collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded a Program for training of trainers in Solar Powered Irrigation Systems as part of the...

03/01/2020
The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture and FAO launch the year under the theme "protecting plants, protecting life"
08/01/2020

Amman - January 8, 2020 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) to provide capacity building and technical support for the Integrated Agri-Aquaculture (IAA) farming systems in water-strapped Jordan.
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10/01/2020
FAO Syria to launch entrepreneurship-training programme to modernize farmers’ attitudes
20/01/2020
FAO points to the need to turn food systems into accelerators of the Sustainable Development Goals
21/01/2020
Next stop: Regional Conference for the Near East in Oman
29/01/2020

Bari, 29 January 2020 – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has organized in collaboration with CIHEAM-Bari a pre-conference meeting in Bari, Italy to promote the plan to establish a regional trust fund that will support strategic programme to face tr...

10/02/2020

Amman - February 10, 2020 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) launched Monday a pioneering project to provide capacity building and technical support for the Integrated Agri-Aquaculture (IAA) farming systems in Jordan.

24/02/2020

Damascus - 24 February 2020: One of the biggest challenges facing agriculture in the Syrian Arab Republic is the need for comprehensive programmes and projects to help recovery across the sector, after almost ten years of crisis. There has been major physical damage caused by ...

25/02/2020
Staff trained with the required skills and knowledge to be more effective in various agricultural sectors, boosting productivity
28/02/2020

February 2020 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the national governmental organizations managing water resources in the participating countries, organized and successfu...

07/03/2020

Sana’a, March 7, 2020-The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) participated in the opening ceremony of the refresher training program organized by Yemen’s University of Sana'a through the College of Veterinary Medicine. The training focuses on field ve...

07/03/2020
The project is mainstreaming the role of women in peacebuilding through a natural resources management approach
12/03/2020

In early February 2020, FAO distributed 1 500 head of livestock (mostly goats and sheep) to families in Haifan district of Taiz governorate in Yemen as a means of improving their ability to produce food for household consumption and earn extra income. 

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13/03/2020

March 2020, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Stockholm Environment Institute and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, organized and successfully completed the second Nexus Dialogue workshop for 28 participants in Souss Mass...

17/03/2020

Tunis: In the current special situation of COVID-19, telework has become a necessity in order to ensure continuity, from a distance, in the implementation of FAO projects in Tunisia. Mr. Philippe Ankers, Coordinator of FAO in North Africa and Representative in Tunisia, deliver...

19/03/2020
$1 million pledge for campaign to control threat to crops and forage
25/03/2020
FAO is in the early phases of an extended campaign to reduce Yemen’s locust population, safeguarding farmers’ livelihoods, and food security.
07/05/2020

Cairo, 7 May 2020 - The Regional office for Near East and North Africa (RNE) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) organized the first teleconference on Global Action for Fall Armyworm (FAW) Control. The conference aimed to launch the main points to implement...

15/05/2020

Friday, 15 May 2020, Beirut, Lebanon (United Nations) – The Lebanese economy is suffering from the consequences of longstanding development challenges and multiples crises. Starting from the Syrian crisis in 2011, to the ongoing financial and ...