FAO assess COVID-19 and its impact on food security in the Near East and North Africa and how to respond

Joint statement from FAO, UNICEF, WFP AND WHO

27 May 2020, Amman/Cairo - "Governments and partners across the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) are working around the clock to protect communities from the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). While these eff...

7 June 2020, Cairo, Egypt – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region is working to provide small-scale family farmers with the needed knowledge to overcome challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including, on one hand, sa...

The project will support the development of sustainable and resilient livelihoods for rural Yemenis by mainstreaming climate change adaptation, biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable land management across productive agriculture, livestock and fisher

Joint statement from the Regional Directors of FAO and WHO

Digital innovation is boosting the fisheries supply chain in Oman during COVID-19

The Regional office for Near East and North Africa (RNE) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) organized its first Zoom meeting on the status and implementation of the Red Palm Weevil Management Programme on 08^th June 2020.

 

The Red ...

12 June 2020, Tunisia - Youth unemployment is one of the main challenges currently facing Tunisia. At the same time, however, it is precisely young women and men who have a crucial role to play in securing the future of agricultural value chains by making them more pr...

Ramli agricultural systems in the lagoons of Ghar El Melh and hanging gardens of Djebba El Olia provide vital ecosystem services and traditional knowledge preservation

When agricultural heritage helps crops adapt to drought and feeds communities despite the odds

Samir Seklawi, a potato farmer, eagerly came from his village to attend a seminar on Integrated Management of Potato. Samir was one of the twelve potato farmers coming from the region of Deir El Ahmar, to benefit from the seminar organized by the project on “Prevention of Agrochemical Pollutio...

Damascus, 23 June 2020 - “Here we are today, back to planting and harvesting quality wheat two years after fleeing home. We are excited since agriculture is our only source of living,” said Majd Al Mahmoud from Al Sefsafeh Village - Hama Governorate.

Majd is one of 5 50...

Regional talks commemorating Desertification and Drought Day

Multiple Cities, June 24 2020 - The Regional office for Near East and North Africa (RNE) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) organized a series of five Zoom meetings in the period from 16-23 June 2020 for coordination of the activities of the fi...

1.8 million sheep and goats in 48 districts throughout six governorates of Yemen to be vaccinated and treated against Peste des Petits Ruminants and Sheep and Goat Pox, benefiting over 41,000 rural households.

What are the challenges that need to be solved in Lebanon to achieve the Lebanon you want to see in 25 years? What do you want to see in 2045 when the UN will turn 100? What is the future of agriculture in Lebanon and what’s the role of youth in this future? Lebanese students enrolled in ...

More than 300 participants discuss response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on agriculture and food security

Kuwait and Cairo, 2 July 2020 - Amid a continuing crisis of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the international community grows concerns about its impact on people across Syria, whose livelihood and resilience have been decimated by almost a decade of war. Howe...

Beirut, July 2^nd, 2020 - On the occasion of the International Day for Cooperatives, and in the presence of H.E. Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Abbas Mortada, and the presence of Mr. Jamie Schnurr, Head of Cooperation – Government of Canada in Lebanon, the Food and Agr...

Cairo, 3 July 2020 - 

After the success holding of the first two tele-conference of Fall Armyworm (FAW) global action, which resulted in exchanging critical information regarding pest status of FAW in NENA countries, particularly the announcement of FAW detection i...