FAO at the 3rd Oman Science Festival in Muscat presented “Sustainable agri-food systems transformation for better production, better nutrition, better environment and better life: challenges and opportunities in Oman”

There is no denying the fact that women play a major role in food production, agriculture and rural development the world over however, their contributions are often unrecognised and, overlooked or underestimated. This year the observance of the UN’s International Day of Rural Women with its t...

For better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life 16-17 October 2022

2 November 2022, Cairo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (RNE) organized a three-day technical workshop to discuss “Unlocking the potential for sustainable, inclusive and competitive agribusiness development i...

9 November 2022 Amman, Jordan – Today, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Jordan held an inception workshop for the project “Building resilience to cope with climate change in Jordan through improving water use efficiency in the ag...

The International Date Council (IDC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the visit of Dr Qu Dongyu, FAO Director-General to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 9-11 November. 

The MOU was signed by Dr Abdul...

FAO presented today at COP27 the first edition of the State of Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture in the Near East and North Africa region

20 November 2022, Cairo - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (RNE) organized a three-day training titled “Towards gender-transformative interventions in the agriculture and rural sector in the NENA region” in col...

20 November 2022, Aswan – The Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations “FAO” regional programme on Red Palm Weevil (RPW) eradication in the Near East and North Africa extends will host the meeting of the RPW Project steering committee (SC). ...

Participants from 6 North African countries and experts in Integrated Pest Management

The framework agreement aims at supporting hunger and poverty eradication and in transitioning towards a more sustainable agriculture system

Certificates awarded to Regional FFS Workshop participants

Establishing a Regional Pesticide Management Network in the Near East and North Africa is a Key Recommendations of the Workshop

Jendouba, December 2022. The FAO representation in Tunisia, as each year, celebrated on December 5 2022 the World Soil Day in partnership with the General Directorate of the Development and Conservation of Agricultural Land (DGACTA) and the National Institute of Field Crops (I...

Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt (4-7 December 2022) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in cooperation with the Plant Protection Research Institute of the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, implemented three training programs to transfer the technology of mass rearing of th...

Rainfed cereals mainly sorghum and millet are widely recognised as smart crops for drought tolerance, climate adaptability, and high nutritional values and cultivated mainly in dryland regions of the world. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, sorghum, millet and sesame are grown in over 70,000 ha ...

14 December,2022 Amman, Jordan – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Jordan, Eng. Nabil Assaf, and the CEO of Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO), Mr. Abdel Fattah Kayed, signed today a project agreement to bolster the resilience and inc...

FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa publishes new Food Policy Monitoring Bulletin

Saudi Arabia, 28 December 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has presented the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration at the 10^th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments (ICWRAE) held at the King Saud Unive...

21 December, 2022, Italy- In the framework of the“ Development, Production and Multiplication of Certified Citrus Propagation Materials” project, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a study tour in Italy ...