13 February 2023, Oman – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has stressed on the need to strengthen ties with Oman in the water sector in order to support the country’s efforts in water conservation and efficient use.

This came during FAO A...

FAO is working with Libyan experts for a better use of the Open Access Platform on Water Productivity (WaPOR).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with King Faisal University (KFU), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, conducted a study on the optimization of management tools for effective control of Red Palm Weevil (RPW) and the development of innovative technology t...

A new memorandum of understanding aims at identifying opportunities where Egypt’s experience and expertise can best contribute to the battle against hunger in Africa

Amman, Jordan – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representative in Jordan, Eng.Nabil Assaf, H.E Minister of Agriculture Eng. Khaled Hnaifat and with the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Basma bint Ali, the founder of the Royal Botanic Garden and FAO Regional ...

22 January, 2023 – Amman –The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrated Arbor Day, which falls on the 15th of January, with the planting trees planting activity in contribution to the afforestation efforts and v...

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 ...

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...

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

15 December 2022, Cairo, Egypt – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation’s (FAO) Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) has organized a regional workshop on sustainable and inclusive management of pastoral ecosystems and their socio-econom...

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...

Increased support for the joint Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project as acute food insecurity intensifies

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 ...

29 November 2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization organized the final regional steering committee for the Water Efficiency, Productivity and Sustainability (WEPS-NENA) project for the Near East and North Africa region in Cairo, Egypt in hybrid mode. The meeting aimed to...

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...

FAO led events and hosted the Food and Agriculture Pavilion with CGIAR and the Rockefeller Foundation at the 2-week UN Climate Conference in Sharm-el Sheikh

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

The Government of the Sultanate of Oman recognizes the vital role of agricultural extension and related support services and thus constantly strives to reinvent and align it to the needs of the market. In this context, the “Strengthening Extension and Support services system” project was launc...

Certificates awarded to Regional FFS Workshop participants