Tunis, July 2022 - Under the “Every Drop Counts” campaign, the FAO representation in Tunisia has initiated the “Water Caravan” an awareness-raising activity that aims to int...

Water-related challenges are core obstacles to sustainable, resilient and inclusive development, especially in developing countries, and Lebanon is no exception. Multiple barriers still hinder the delivery of water in adequate quantity and quality to different users while ensuring sustainable ...

MoEWA in cooperation with FAO and international communities explore the potential use of cactus pear or AlBarshumy in the AlBaha Region, Saudi Arabia

Alternative methods, the breeding of natural enemies and the Farmer Field School approach to anticipate the risks of invasion

Beirut 18 August 2022 : Minister of International Development of Canada Harjit S. Sajjan today met with FAO project beneficiaries of the Beit Chama women informal group in their facility in Baalbek. Ambassador of Canada to Lebanon, Chantal Chastenay and FAO Representative in L...

Amman – 21 August, 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from the Defense and Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)- USA and in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Royal Veterinary College - UK launches the Field Epi...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations organized an evaluation mission from 25 to 29 May 2022, for the Farmer Field Schools (FFS) implemented in Jordan and Palestine under the Water Efficiency, Productivity and Sustainability regional project (WEPS-NENA). The main objectiv...

August 2022, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations established a regional evapotranspiration measurement network “NENA ET-Network” in eight countries of the NENA region in partnership with the International Center for Agricultural Researc...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) organized a field visit on the 23^rd of June 2022 to the implementation sites of the activities supported by the Water ...

31 Aug 2022, Jerusalem — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 31 August held a closing workshop under the Palestine component of the regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Water Efficiency/Productivity and Water Sustainability in Nea...

JERUSALEM, 31 August 2022 — With political and economic shocks further imperiling food and nutrition security in rural Palestine, FAO is distributing essential inputs and equipment to help sustain the livelihoods of almost 40 000 members of underserved Bedouin communities...

The National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) and FAO have organized a training course on climate change at the Riyadh Fairmont Hotel on 7 and 8 September 2022. The training focused on the role of forests in climate change action, with special emphas...

Amman, 14 September, 2022- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and with the support of the European Union (...

Amman, 18 September 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) launched today a workshop on the Good Emergency Management Practice - Bio-Threat (GEMP-BT). The workshop is tailored to veterinary...

JERUSALEM, 20 Sept.—When in 2019 FAO visited wholesale markets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip under the Multidonor Agribusiness Programme (MAP), poor infrastructure and governance were negatively impacting the incomes, food security and nutrition of hundreds of thousands of p...

Hammamet, September, 2022. The FAO representation in Tunisia within the framework of the project "Improvement of water efficiency and productivity and its sustainability in the NENA region" organize...

Saudi Arabia has a rich tradition of coffee which is consumed as a cinnamon-flavored beverage called gahwa. In the Kingdom, coffee Arabica is cultivated in the southwest in highland terraces of the provinces of Jazan, Asir and Al Baha. It is estimated that some 1,600 smallholder coffe...

Amman, 10 October 2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), launched today the first day of the final workshop of the project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Water Efficiency/Productivity and Water Sustainability in NENA countries” fu...

The livestock component of the Sustainable Rural Agricultural Development (FAO-SRAD) Project of FAO Technical Cooperation Programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) focuses on integrated capacity development for better production and productivity, strengthening the value addition, marketin...

The statement was signed by Member States of the Arab Initiative to End Hunger