FAO in Egypt

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07/06/2020
Cairo, Egypt – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region is working to provide small-scale family farmers with the needed knowledge to overcome challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including, on one hand, safety procedures and hygiene regulations, and on the other...
27/02/2020
Cairo, Egypt - Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Disease (ECTAD) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-Egypt) has organized today the first meeting in 2020 for The One Health Technical Advisory Group (OH_TAG) with the view to reactivate the national OH platform and facilitate information sharing...
25/02/2020
Fayoum, Egypt - With 1,400 direct beneficiaries and several thousand indirect beneficiaries, FAO concluded the "Good Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Improvement of the Quality and Quantity of Horticultural Production of Small-scale Farmers in Fayoum". FAO implemented this project in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the Faculty...
20/02/2020
Cairo/Suhag, Egypt - Experts from the International centre of insect physiology and ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya visited the laboratories of plant protection research institute, agriculture research centre in Giza and Suhag to assess the capabilities of the laboratories and identify the need for upgrading and improve the production system of...
13/02/2020
Matrouh, Egypt - With 1,483 direct beneficiaries and tens of thousands of indirect beneficiaries, FAO today concluded the project on "Water harvesting and Good Agricultural Practices for improved livelihood and increased sustained production in Matrouh rain-fed agricultural areas". The project was implemented by FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of...