Amman, 13 December 2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) and Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) launched today a project funded by FAO to formulate a sustainable aquac...

The emergency project is expected to safeguard livelihoods and provide critical lifesaving support to over189 000 vulnerable people.

New report calls for radical changes to the Arab region’s agrifood systems to deliver food security and nutrition for all

21 December 2021 – More than 400 graduates and young Palestinians benefitting from the "Green jobs and Sustainable Income Opportunities for Palestinian Female and Male Youth in the Agri-food Sector" project, financed by Denmark and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organ...

22 December 2021, Al Hasa – The Saudi Irrigation Organization (SIO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today agreed to further strengthen their long-standing technical cooperation and expand collaboration to support implementation of the...

Recovery and Restart: Innovating for Better, Greener, and more Resilient Agri-food Systems to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

22 January 2022, Dubai, The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) in Abu Dhabi, organized a meeting on the progress made toward achieving SDG14 during the Global Goals Week at EXPO. The Subregional Office for the GCC states and Yemen gathe...

AICS and FAO in cooperation with the Ministry of Water Resources launch the project for monitoring, evaluation and rationalization of water use for the agriculture sector

Tunisia _ January 2022_ The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Tunisia supported the efforts of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture to reach the objective of improving water productivity for a strategic crop in Tunisia: the olive tree. Within the frame...

Amman - February 1, 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) signed today a letter of agreement to support community engagement in integrated forests fire management.

This agreement falls within the ...

EBRD and FAO organised training courses with farmers and exporters on pesticides management and microbiological contamination

Director-General opens FAO Regional Conference in Iraq with call for joint regional action

Participants in regional conference pledge support for inclusive and sustainable rural and agricultural development, promoting food security for all

FAO’s Director-General highlights the region’s vulnerability to the impacts of the climate crisis at FAO Regional Conference for the Near East

February 2022 - The Government of the Sultanate of Oman, through the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources has signed a USD 949,388 (OMR 365,040), two-year Project Agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the...

FAO programme on RPW Eradication and the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

22 February 2022 – The Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Jordan, Eng. Nabil Assaf, carried out a field visit today to the hydroponics, aquaponics and fish hatchery systems in the AlFaisal nursery in Jerash Governorate, in th...

• Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, opens Global Leaders’ Symposium by underlining the UAE’s growing global role in building sustainable food systems • Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia February 28, 2022

The regional workshop of the Red Palm Weevil Management Program of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was opened

To train experts and program managers on the implementation of Farmers Fiel...

Joint FAO/UNICEF/WFP Press Release