This research aims to provide the evidence required to help put dryland issues firmly on the development agenda at national, regional, and global levels. Dryland Systems research informs the interventions required by providing international public goods – tools, methods, practices, policies, and technologies – to enhance the economic and social...

Farmers who benefited from the Integrated Pest Management Project (funded by the Government of Italy), provide their testimonies about how the project managed to improve their lives and livelihoods. The farmers testimonies show how the project introduced and strengthened Good Agricultural practices in target areas, with a particular focus on...

Before the Syrian uprising that began in 2011, the greater Fertile Crescent experienced the most severe drought in the instrumental record. For Syria, a country marked by poor governance and unsustainable agricultural and environmental policies, the drought had a catalytic effect, contributing to political unrest. We show that the recent...

This short video is part of a series of interviews. In each interview selected participants of the Land and Water Days share their experience in land and water projects highligting achievements, success but also what could have worked better to the benefit of people carrying similar projects. In this video: Fawzy...

Depuis les années 1970, la plaine de Kairouan a connu un important développement de l’agriculture irriguée par les eaux souterraines et donc une augmentation de la pression foncière. Dans ce contexte, les terres de bas-fonds, longtemps marginalisées, ont été progressivement mises en valeur, et de façon différente des autres terres...

Considering the importance of the sector of agriculture in arid lands and its impact on the socio-economic development of the country, this event is inscribed within the scientific meetings that treat the various issues of agricultural development, it has the following objectives : (a) Collection and sharing of the recent researches results...

Le présent colloque souhaite approfondir les questions liées aux futures tensions sur la gestion de l’eau, en lien avec le changement climatique et les évolutions sur l’usage de l’eau d’ici 2050, en incluant tant les études hydrologiques et climatiques que les études ou acquis des sciences sociales. Ces études concerneront...

Parmi les différentes simulations réalisées dans cette étude,  trois d’entre elles agissent comme des  leviers pour limiter la dépendance alimentaire de cette région à l’horizon 2050 : le progrès technique qui augmenterait la production locale, le changement de régime alimentaire s’orientant  vers la diète méditerranéenne, et la réduction des pertes...

Comme à son lancement en 2011, l’objectif central de cette initiative demeure le renforcement du partenariat entre l’Union Européenne et les voisins du Sud et de l’Est de la Méditerranée qui le souhaitent en matière de politiques agricoles et rurales. Plus spécifiquement, l’initiative ENPARD vise à accompagner la formulation et...

La protection des moyens d'existence en milieu rural et l'investissement dans les moyens de production ruraux sont essentiels pour faire face à la crise mondiale des réfugiés actuelle, a déclaré vendredi le Directeur général de l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO), José Graziano da Silva.

The Eighth Annual Conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) will convene on 16-17 November 2015 in Beirut. AFED’s flagship report on Sustainable Consumption, which discusses how changing consumption patterns can lead to better management of resources and protect the environment, will be presented and debated...

Le ministre de l’Agriculture, du développement rural et de la pêche, Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi, a indiqué samedi à Alger que son secteur allait mettre en oeuvre dès 2016 une feuille de route pour développer la filière apicole, visant essentiellement l’amélioration de la productivité et l’élaboration des normes de qualité du...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organized a regional workshop about “Enhancing Early Warning Capabilities and Capacities for Food Safety” in the Near East and North Africa Region, at Abu Dhabi during 22 – 26 November, 2015. The regional workshop gathered all concerned parties from different ministries,...

The FAO Regional office for the Near East (RNE) in collaboration with the Advisor and team of the Regional Initiative “Small scale agriculture for inclusive development (SSA)” organize a Regional Meeting to be held in Cairo on 14th and 15th December 2015.Building on the lessons learnt from the first two...

FAO is launching a new project with a grant of 600,000 Euros from the Italian Government to respond to the food and nutrition needs of rural families in Kassala and Red Sea States . The project will include a comprehensive package of activities to facilitate the adoption of sustainable climate-smart technologies and...

The International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today signed a new strategic partnership aimed at strengthening the livelihoods of rural communities in the Mediterranean region.   The two organizations will work together to advance solutions on issues in the region related...

As part of the NEN Close Up series, the Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia Division hosted a knowledge sharing event on rural youth and economic empowerment in the Near East and North Africa. Through a regional grant, IFAD is partnering with Making Cents International, a social enterprise...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is closely monitoring the impact of the Syria crisis on food security, nutrition, agriculture and livelihoods in Syria and neighbouring Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt. Assessments carried out across the affected subregion indicate that threats to food security and...

Smallholder farmers in the Arabian Peninsula region are severely constrained by the region’s extreme aridity, scanty water resources and erratic rainfall. Conditions have become even more challenging as over 95% of the region’s land area now faces some form of desertification from wind and water erosion, and salinization. The increasing...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...