Under the Patronage and in the presence of H.E the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Abbas Al Hajj Hassan, and the FAO Representative in Lebanon, Nora Ourabah Haddad, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Lebanon (FAO) organized the National Stakeholder Validation Workshop on the Upgrading of Lebanon’s Chickpea Value Chain.

Under the Patronage of H.E. Dr Abbas Al Hajj Hassan, Minister of Agriculture, the Embassy of Canada, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, organized today a Partnership Forum on Agriculture and Food Security.

Cows, sheep and goats represent a vital asset for many vulnerable farmers and play a significant role in rural farmers’ food security and livelihoods. Livestock keeping has a significant impact on rural well-being and poverty alleviation as the livestock

Funded by the Government of Canada through the Lebanon Recovery Fund, and as part of the Joint United Nations Productive Sectors Development Programme (PSDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization concluded today a project that positively impacted over 40

In light of the current economic crisis and with the aim of increasing the area planted with wheat, the Food and Agriculture Oraganization of the United Nations (FAO) in Lebanon  in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Lebanese Agricultur

  Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Hajj Hassan, and FAO Representative in Lebanon, Nora Ourabah Haddad, signed a project agreement today funded by the Government of Canada (CAD$20 million). The project aims at increasing the adoption of gender-responsive,

FAO Lebanon and DIEM are pleased to share the brief for the fifth-round of Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Monitoring in Lebanon. This brief presents the main findings of the assessment conducted between August and September 2023, in close collaboration with L

Rome – The global ceremony marking this year’s World Food Day 2023 took place here today, against a backdrop of increasing world hunger and conflicts. In particular, participants stressed water’s critical role in underpinning our food security and how we

Across multiple value chains, women producers’ potential is restricted by a division of roles and responsibilities between women and men that exclude women from decision-making process. Their participation in value chains is critical, yet they still fac

Forty-three facilitators (41 from the Ministry of Agriculture in Lebanon and one facilitator from FAO Jordan and another from the Jordanian Ministry of Agriculture) are now able to guide dairy cow keepers to manage their farms and make their agricultural

FAO Representative in Lebanon, Nora Ourabah Haddad, signed a project agreement today with the Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Hajj Hassan. The project, funded by the European Union, will contribute to the improvement of the living conditions, food security

What to consider in agricultural practices to ensure high productivity and safe produce? What is soil testing? How to effectively use fertilizers based on soil test result? How to apply personal safety measures to avoid occupational hazards in performing

Lebanon will be joining other stakeholders this October in Malta for the GFCM High-level conference on MedFish4Ever initiatives: Transformative actions to address new challenges.  The event comes six years after the launch of the MedFish4Ever Ministerial

Afraa Al Raii, Mariam Hamadeh, Diala Al Raii, Ibtissam Soultan, and Amal Hamadeh are members of the Souaneh Women Informal Group. They actively work together with 15 other women coming from the Souaneh village in the Nabatieh Governorate, to prepare moune

FAO Lebanon supports cooperatives through capacity building and grants On 1 July, the cooperative movement celebrates the 2023 International Day of Cooperatives. As natural vehicles of collaborative partnership and prosperity for all, cooperatives contri

Women cooperatives take part in HORECA’s 2023 exhibition Joumana, Marie and Samira came all the way from their villages to Beirut city to join HORECA, the yearly hospitality event for four consecutive days in April 2023. Each one of the three women repr

“I love my town deeply, and I want it to serve as a model for other towns in Lebanon”. These were the words of Hrair, our civilian hero, a 35-year-old man residing in Anjar, located in the Bekaa Governorate. Hrair’s work primarily centers around agricultu

Rome – Two institutions, one from Nepal and one from Lebanon, both firmly rooted in their rural communities, today won first and second place respectively under the new Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Awards Programme. The A

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012. The Day aims at raising awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On this occasion, countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and inte

On March 8, Japanese Ambassador MAGOSHI Masayuki joined FAO Representative in Lebanon, Nora Ourabah Haddad for a visit to beneficiaries of the FAO project “Increase resilience of vulnerable smallholder farming families affected by the economic crisis and