Tag: FAO

Italy backs Tunisia’s agriculture sector with €200m; FAO launches new Biorest project

May 20, 2022

Italy has allocated €200 million to Tunisia in the form of loan and grant to support the North African country’s agriculture sector. The head of ... Read More

Morocco’s Ismahane Elouafi appointed as FAO’s Chief Scientist

September 23, 2020

Morocco's Ismahane Elouafi was appointed Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a newly created post by the UN agency. FAO Director General ... Read More

FAO hails Moroccan sustainable biodiversity project

May 27, 2020

The UN Food & Agriculture Organization has praised the resilience of a watershed management project in Morocco, which illustrates how the reduction of disaster and ... Read More

FAO designates Moroccan innovation as MENA’s best COVID-19 protection for farmers

May 11, 2020

Participants in the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) webinar voted a Moroccan digital solution, dubbed Attaisir or Tighten up, as the best innovative initiative ... Read More

FAO progresses in fight against locusts in East Africa, Yemen; challenges remain

May 11, 2020

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, said this Monday May 11 that significant gains had been made in the fight ... Read More

TICAD VII: UNIDO, FAO launch initiative to accelerate youth employment in Africa’s agricultural sector

August 31, 2019

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the African Union (AU), together with numerous ... Read More

Morocco Sets up Pest Surveillance Network to Suppress Medfly, Promotes Sterile Insect Technique

June 15, 2019

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAE), in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has helped Morocco achieve its first victory in the ongoing ... Read More

AU Summit: International Food Safety Conference

February 12, 2019

The African Union, the UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) organize the first joint International Food Safety Conference this ... Read More

Marrakech Hosts Global Forum on Investments in Food & Agriculture

October 24, 2018

Public funding alone is not enough to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) said participants in the Global Forum organized Tuesday in Marrakech by the ... Read More

Morocco, First African Fisheries Producer- FAO

July 10, 2018

Morocco ranks as the first African fisheries producer and the 13th globally, the UN FAO said in a recent report. China topped the ranking followed ... Read More