30 May 2022, Rabat, Morocco – The Food and Agriculture Organization Regional office for Near East and North Africa (FAORNE), in collaboration with the International Trade Center (ITC), inaugurated a regional training on “Facilitation Trade for Food Security”, in Rabat, Kingdom...

Iraq, Rabea, 30 May 2022 – The rehabilitated North Al-Jazeera irrigation project was officially inaugurated yesterday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Ministries of Water Resources, of Agric...

31 May 2022, Saudi Arabia – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations participated in the International Exhibition and Forum for Afforestation Techniques held at the Riyadh International Center, organized by the Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and ...

30 May 2022, Cairo, Egypt – “Climate change has become one of the most serious challenges we face today, not only because of the threat it poses to economies and development efforts, but also to people's lives and the survival of all living things on the planet,” said AbdulHak...

Designation of HRH Princess Basma bint Ali as FAO Goodwill Ambassador for Near East and North Africa

The eastern area of the Mediterranean Sea is brimming with non-indigenous species – i.e. species that have travelled, often over large distances, and taken root in new waters. These species include fish, jellyfish, snails, prawns, urchins and more.

We know this because a 2021 ...

June 9, 2022 - Within the framework of the United Nations Decade for Ecosystem Restoration, the United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for West Asia and the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Regional...

13/06/2022 Rome – QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, Supervisor-General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief), today signed an agreement that w...

Amman, Jordan, 13thJune, 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) inaugurated its new solar-energy system at its premises in Jordan. With its launch, the system is expected to enhance business continuity and reduce the climate impacts of FAO Jor...

Amman/Cairo | 15 June 2022 | Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Near East and North Africa Region, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNIC...

16 June, Saudi Arabia - The National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVCCD) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) organized a special event on Thursday, 16 June 2022 at the Riyadh Fairmont Hotel, to obser...

Better mastery of standard operating procedures and simulation exercises as emergency preparedness tools.

20 June 2022, Cairo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa has launched today the implementation of the Global Action on Green Development of Special Agricultural Products:

21 June 2022, Rome - The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today unveiled MedSea4Fish – an ambitious long-term programme that wi...

Cairo, 23 June 23 2022 - Children's undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies continue to pose the biggest nutritional health burden worldwide. Diets that lack diversity, nutritional value, and food safety are frequently to blame for childhood malnutrition.

The Food...

Abu Dhabi, 27 June 2022 – In collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), The Subregional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the Gulf Cooperation Council States and Yemen organized a workshop at A...

27 June 2022 –The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Industry Disruptors Game Changers (IDGC) and Berytech have launched the AgriNation Startup Cup in the Near East and...

Launching today the inter-Regional Technical Platform on Water Scarcity

Farmer Field School (FFS) is a participatory education approach that brings together a group of small-scale farmers to solve their problems through sustainable agriculture practices. The FFS approach offers space for hands-on group learning, enhancing skills for observation and critical analys...

Water and soils in a time of climate change