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Business
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Economy
6/1/2023 3:10:25 PM
Egypt's Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources has signed three agreements with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on water consumption rationalization projects financed by the Netherlands and Japan, read a cabinet statement on Thursday.
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Egypt
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Health
4/10/2023 4:51:05 PM
Egypt launched on Sunday the One Health National Strategic Framework 2023-2027, an approach that recognises the close connection between human, animal, and environmental health during health threats.
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Opinion
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4/8/2023 12:52:33 AM
A joint message by the Egypt Country Representatives of WHO, FAO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNHCR, IOM and the Resident Coordinator in Egypt on the event of the World Health Day, 7 April 2023.
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World
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Africa
4/3/2023 7:14:05 PM
Flash floods caused by heavy rains killed at least 21 people, displaced over 100,000 more and destroyed property in the past two weeks in southern Somalia, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Monday.
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Business
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Economy
3/13/2023 5:40:24 PM
With the aim of improving agricultural productivity for food security in Egypt, Ambassador of Japan in Egypt Oka Hiroshi has recently signed a financing agreement with Representative of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Egypt Nasredin Hag El-amin to provide a $3.8 million grant aid.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
1/17/2023 3:58:22 PM
Egyptian rapper and producer Marwan Moussa has been voted Best African Rapper and Best Artist in African Hip-Hop at the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) 2022 edition that concluded Sunday in Senegal’s capital Dakar.
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Business
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Economy
1/6/2023 5:46:58 PM
World food prices fell for a ninth month in a row in December but hit their highest level on record for the full year in 2022, UN data showed Friday.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/12/2022 10:23:42 PM
Egypt’s COP27 Presidency and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched on Saturday the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh.
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COP27
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Focus
11/12/2022 9:11:57 PM
Improving cold chains in the production and distribution of food in the developing world is "essential" in fighting climate change and world hunger, said a UN report issued Saturday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/19/2022 5:20:13 PM
Ethiopia is set on monopolising all the water sources emanating from its territory and of attempting to deceive the Nile Basin countries about its true intentions.
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Arts & Culture
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Art Alert
7/13/2022 7:11:06 PM
Faouzia, a Moroccan-Canadian singer-songwriter, will give a concert at Ras El-Hikma, Marsa Matrouh, on 19 August.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
6/9/2022 3:49:14 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for Russia to be expelled from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, blaming Moscow for spurring the global grain crisis by invading his country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
5/30/2022 1:15:00 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly reports on the African Development Bank’s efforts to help the continent cover its food needs.
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Egypt
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Society
4/28/2022 9:39:05 PM
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Egypt, in partnership with the Egyptian Food Bank, launched a campaign titled “An Advice Every Day in Ramadan” with the aim of reducing food waste, improving food security and contributing to realising hunger-free communities.
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World
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Africa
4/19/2022 6:41:16 PM
Twenty million people are at risk of starvation this year as delayed rains worsen an already brutal drought in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, the UN warned Tuesday.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
4/8/2022 1:48:51 PM
Prices for food commodities like grains and vegetable oils reached their highest levels ever last month largely because of Russia's war in Ukraine and the "massive supply disruptions'' it is causing, threatening millions of people in Africa, the Middle East elsewhere with hunger and malnourishment, the United Nations said Friday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/11/2022 6:46:00 PM
Thanks to Egypt’s strategic reserves, the international hike in corn prices will not affect the country in the short term.
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Opinion
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2/6/2022 11:37:00 AM
The future of food seems more and more uncertain in the Near East and North Africa (NENA region), as it faces growing food insecurity and malnutrition.
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World
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Region
11/17/2021 11:52:39 AM
Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced him to abandon his land, pushing him into unemployment.
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World
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International
11/7/2021 1:35:15 PM
The Taliban-run Afghan public health ministry announced Sunday the start of a four-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign aimed at inoculating children under age 5.
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