AMMAN (14 June 2021) — The Ministry of Agriculture in cooperation with the United Nations on Monday, embarked on a series of national consultations on Jordan’s food system ahead of the UN Food Systems Summit scheduled to take place this year.

The first dialogue held tod...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) have launched the third season of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in north Jordan Valley in Jordan through an opening ceremony in Al Mashare’ area at the Water User Association,...

Transforming food systems in the Arab region is crucial to ending hunger and malnutrition in the region

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with Life Vision, a local Non-Governmental Organization have implemented two Junior Farmer Field School (JFFS) to 50 students in Al-Minya governorate with the aim of raising awareness on the importance of water,...

June 2021 - “We imagined a platform that connects small scale women farmers and artisans, that helps them better handle problems related to water and irrigation and gives them a better chance to access formal markets,” said Marwa and Saoussen, two successful Tunisian students, who were among t...

Cairo, July 4, 2021- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today signed a letter of agreement with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) to help achieve its regional strategic objectives. AOAD Director General His Excellency Ibra...

"Seeing as it was not possible to go back to school to learn how to better manage my plot of olive trees, it is the school that came to me " said Mohamed Mouldi, an olive farmer in El Ksour's delegation in Kairouan, a governorate located in ...

The USD 5 million project ushers in a second phase of interventions aimed at creating more sustainable management of water resources for improved livelihoods and food production in Sana’a basin

CEOs and Chairmen from global and regional stakeholders seeking to build a shared vision about challenges facing the region

July 2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Algeria organized the second Farmer Field School (FFS) training for 30 facilitators from the Ministries of Water Resources and Agriculture and Rural Development, with the objective of improving the facilitators kn...

Iraq hosts the upcoming Near East Regional Conference in 2022 to help countries in the region accelerate the new FAO strategic framework

Damascus 26 July 2021: A two-year capacity building programme has reached its final stage announcing Syria as a ready to implement projects to adapt to and mitigate climate change in several sectors, mainly agriculture, natural resources, environmental and energy sectors. Than...

Cairo, 1 August 2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) met today in Cairo. Abdul Hakim El Waer, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa...

Plant health experts meet to protect plants from harmful pests in the Near East and North Africa

3 August 2021-- A high level delegation from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headed by FAO Representative Babagana Ahmadu and the Canadian Ambassador to Sudan Adrian Norfolk visited the Blue Nile and Sinnar States to launch the new FAO project under the theme ‘’Bu...

FAO completes large-scale livestock vaccination and treatment campaign to shield the livelihoods of over 36 000 livestock-dependent households.

Under FAO Support and Sponsorship: Training Course for Date Palm Producers in Northern State Gets Held

Amman - 11 August 2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held this morning, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, a workshop to discuss the results of the study "The Status of Olive mills in Jordan", which will contribute to identif...

Sudan lends Ethiopia through the support of FAO Sudan 50,000 metric liters of Malathion Pesticide to Control the Desert Locust Infestations

25 August 2021, Amman— The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) in Jordan have signed a Letter of Agreement to build capacity to use the Ma’ Al Muzare’ – NARC mobile application through a training of trainers modalit...