The FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC), like the rest of the regional Conferences, meets once every two years to discuss priority issues for agriculture and rural development in the region. The upcoming event will be the thirty third session of NERC (NERC33) will be held in Rome,...

La mégalopole du Caire compte aujourd'hui près de 20 millions d'habitants. En son cœur et dans sa périphérie subsiste une activité agricole organisée sur une base familiale. Ce chapitre éclaire la situation des exploitations, qui contribuent à l'approvisionnement alimentaire du Caire en particulier en produits laitiers et maraichers. Les données...

Launched in 2011 by the European Union (EU) with the support of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Studies in Agronomy – Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier (CIHEAM – IAMM), the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development South (ENPARD – South) wishes to reinforce the partnership between the...

Conservation Agriculture has the potential to enhance soil fertility and reduce erosion across 260,000 hectares (ha) of fragile and degraded cereal land in Tunisia, according to a joint study by the country’s National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRAT) and ICARDA. 

The Near East and Nile Valley Regional Dialogue on the International Year of Pulses in Cairo, Egypt was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in cooperation with The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). More than 20 experts met on...

This side event is a contribution to the recommendations made by the 32st Session of the Regional Conference for the Near East to provide support for the Regional Initiative on "Building resilience for improved food security and nutrition in the Near East and North Africa" as a vehicle through which,...

The objective of the workshop was to share with policy makers and other national partners in Tunisia, the preliminary scenarios and results of ICARDA’s research about “the impact of pressure on water resources and its effect on food security in Tunisia”. This research is being conducted as part of the...

Le Mali a célébré hier la journée du paysan. Pour cette 12ème édition, les échanges ont porté sur la sécurisation du foncier. La question préoccupe le monde paysan qui attend des autorités des propositions concrètes. Le président de la République pointe du doigt la mauvaise gestion des terres par les autorités...

Climatic constraints, especially the scarcity of water and land resources have always been the characteristics of Mediterranean agricultural systems that have developed ingenious production systems to adapt and cope. Today, the resilience of these systems is challenged since climatic change will bring about different conditions for agricultural production throughout the...

En Tunisie centrale, l’élevage ovin reste très présent, malgré les nombreuses perturbations auxquelles il fait face depuis les années 1970 : aléas climatiques, évolutions socio-économiques et culturelles, développement des cultures. Ces évolutions entraînent une diminution des ressources issues des parcours. Il s’agit de comprendre comment des familles maintiennent une activité d’élevage...

Under the patronage of the Prime Minister, Mr. Tammam Salam, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Lebanon, launched its "Lebanon - Country Programming Framework 2016 - 2019" at the Grand Serail in Beirut, on Monday, May 16, 2016. The ceremony was attended by the Minister...

In his discussion with the pontiff, Graziano da Silva outlined FAO's belief that increasing investments in food security, sustainable rural development and in efforts to adapt agriculture to climate change, will help create the conditions whereby people, especially the youth, will no longer be forced to abandon their lands in...

In the Mediterranean, the diversity of production systems and value chains is seen as an asset for sustainability. More than anywhere else, the Mediterranean zone boasts a wide range of sheep and goat farming situations, products and natural resources. This diversity of production systems has provided many different products, shaped...

L’accès des jeunes agriculteurs aux ressources foncières est peu pris en compte dans les débats sur la durabilité des agricultures dans les pays du Sud. Les dispositifs de transfert foncier vers cette catégorie sociale, importante sur le plan démographique, restent rares et peu opérants. Nous montrons ici, à travers l’étude...

The nomadic pastoralist system in Baft district in Kerman province is well known in Iran for producing cashmere from Raeini goats. However, there is little information regarding the organic sheep and goat production systems. Interviews and field observations were carried out with 30 Siahjel nomad families of Raen origin in...

  Over the past decade, the Sahel region has witnessed recurrent and multiple shocks. Droughts, floods, conflicts and insecurity have led to the reduction of the most vulnerable populations’ meager assets and capacity to withstand future crises. In a context of extreme poverty and increased exposure to multiple hazards, their food security is at stake. Chad is the second...

La revue Alternatives Rurales est une revue qui a pour objectif d’offrir un espace de communication, réflexion et débat sur le développement rural et agricole au Maroc, mais aussi dans d’autres pays de la région.Cette revue s’adresse aux acteurs du développement agricole et rural, aux acteurs institutionnels, aux chercheurs, aux organisations professionnelles,...

Cairo, 16 October 2016: The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrated the World Food Day 2016 under the theme “Climate is Changing. Food and Agriculture must too.” The highlight of this year’s celebrations was on the critical relationship...

Municipal support to the development of urban agriculture in Amman started in 2007, when the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU) of the American University in Beirut, Lebanon supported by the RUAF Foundation (the international network of Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food security) conducted an exploratory study on urban agriculture in Amman....

he Government’s Green Morocco Plan (Plan Maroc Vert) underlines agriculture’s important role and sets strategies to promote the sector’s development. Despite these efforts, however, important challenges remain. An important one refers to the availability of appropriate financial services for rural actors engaged in agriculture. The average capital required yearly to...