FAO and WHO call for action: Addressing poor nutrition and obesity requires action along the whole food chain, from farm to fork

Funding to boost livelihood recovery, improve food security and nutrition

22 September 2019, New York – FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu today met President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt for talks that focused on working together to improve the agricultural sectors in the country and in Africa as a whole.

El-Sisi, who is also the current Chairp...

FAO, IOM and CDARE train experts for a better water future in Yemen

Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture and FAO hold training programs to prevent the pest's entry and spread into the kingdom

Cairo hosts a regional workshop to identify innovative and effective interventions to address the global threat

Tunis – 5 September, 2019 - Mr. Boubaker Karray, Chef de Cabinet of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, and Mr. Philippe Ankers, FAO Representative in Tunisia and FAO Coordinator for North Africa, attended the Opening Ceremony of the national s...

Slow Food and FAO team up to revive Syria’s agriculture

Diouf has passed away at the age of 81

FAO welcomes Kuwait’s contribution of $3 million to help Syrian farmers and herders recover

Fertile ground for innovation in the Arab region 

The Arab region has grappled with water scarcity for centuries. But population growth, rapid urbanization, changing diets, forced displacement and climate change are posing new, more urgent water challenges that thr...

FAO's Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region organizes an emergency consultation to discuss ways to stop locust outbreak in the region

Baghdad, 3 July 2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Iraq, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture in Iraq, and with the participation of experts from across the region, held a two-day workshop and training program for the eradi...

Baghdad – July 2, 2019: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in cooperation with Iraq’s Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Health and Environment, held the inception workshop of the ‘Strengthening Transbounda...

Damascus, 2 July 2019 - Wheat is a strategic crop for the Syrian Arab Republic.  Prior to the current crisis, the country used to produce more than 4 million tonnes of wheat a year, making Syria self-sufficient in terms of production of its main staple, and a leading food...

Director General recognises Zaid's efforts and achievements to develop the Date Palm Sector

The Near East and North Africa region needs to step up its efforts to end hunger by 2030

Tripoli, 27 June 2019 -

About 25 plant protection, bio-control and water management specialists from Syria and Lebanon participated in a workshop held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the cities of Tripoli and Al Abdeh in northern ...

HE Mariam Al Mehairi, Minister of State for Food Security, thanks FAO for its efforts to eradicate hunger and achieve sustainable development in agriculture and food security

Cairo, 25 June, 2019 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), today held a regional workshop as part of the project “Use of Non-conventional water in Agriculture in Support of Sustainable Agri-aquaculture Development in Desert and Arid Lands in...