FAO in Egypt

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15/03/2022
Al-Minya – Egypt - Water is life. Water is food. Water is your responsibility. The main theme of the #EveryDropCounts awareness raising campaign, and the focus of the awareness workshop where more than 135 male and female farmers from different villages in Al-Minya governorate participated. The workshop aimed to introduce...
27/02/2022
New Valley, Egypt - By believing in the importance of enabling people with disabilities to work in agricultural sectors, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has adopted a field school for the hearing and speech impaired in the Ël-Sherka” village in Al-Kharga Oasis. This fiels school...
06/02/2022
Cairo, Egypt - His Excellency Mr. Elsayed Elkosayar - Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) stressed the importance of sustainable water management and nutrition-sensitive agricultural production. He also assured the efficient and controlled use of water and other inputs, as well as seeking to implement strategies and plans to...
04/02/2022
Cairo, Egypt - The Egyptian horticulture sector generated USD 2.2 billion in export earnings for 2020, showing continued strength despite supply chain disruptions and uncertainties in global trade due to COVID-19. Egypt's fruit and vegetable sector is one of the country's fastest growing agribusiness sectors. For some products like oranges,...
16/12/2021
Cairo, Egypt – Hunger in the Arab region continues to rise, with a 91.1 percent increase since 2000, says a new report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The 2021 Near East and North Africa Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition[1] released today...