24 November 2020 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of the “Scoring for the SDGs” Campaign, is working to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and highlighting the need of holding a sustainable World Cup.

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

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

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). ...

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

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...

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...

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...

The AgriNation Startup Cup final event took place on October 20th, as part of the 2022 World Food Forum hosted in hybrid format in FAO Headquarters in Rome. Ten startups from across the region, showcased their ideas and competed for a spot in the 2023 Global Agripreneurs Summit (GAS).

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

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...

20 October 2022_The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized an exchange field visit which aimed to increase the participants’ capacity and knowledge about the in-situ water harvesting techniques regarding its design, construction, data monitoring and data collec...

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”

Tunis, October 13-15, 2022: Experts from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, and Tunisia participate in the work of developing a comprehensive framework program, based on the market-based systemic approach, to promote and support the development of resilient agri...

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

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...

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...

05 October 2022, Cairo –The FAO Deputy Director-General recently completed a four-day visit to Egypt aimed at boosting collaboration between the Organization and the most populous Arab country; and attending a regional workshop on Fall Armyworm control that gathered representa...

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...