News and latest information from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (@FAO) in #Lebanon. Follow our Director-General QU Dongyu, @FAODG.

Baabda, Lebanon
Joined July 2020
📢 @MoaLebanon in collab with @FAOLebanon launched a targeted cash assistance intervention to support 465 vulnerable dairy livestock farmers affected by hostilities in South 🇱🇧 & Nabatieh helping cover essential livestock expenses and sustain production. tinyurl.com/5hbp8yve
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📢أطلقت وزارة الزراعة، بالتعاون مع الفاو، برنامج مساعدات نقدية لدعم 465 من مربي ماشية الحليب الأكثر حاجة، المتضررين من الأعمال العدائية في 📍 جنوب لبنان والنبطية للمساهمة في تغطية النفقات الأساسية لتربية الماشية، ودعم استمرارية الإنتاج وحماية سبل العيش.
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📚Funded by PROSPECTS through World Bank @WorldBankMENA, @MoaLebanon in collab with @FAOLebanon launched the Farm Business Schools (FBS) Through practical learning&farmer-led business planning, FBS helps farmers improve decision-making &build more sustainable livestock businesses
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FAO in Lebanon retweeted
It was meaningful to meet fishers at Beirut’s historic ports,hear concerns & understand their challenges during a visit led by H.E. @Nizar_Hani with MP Faisal El Sayegh.With @MoaLebanon, we stand with fishing communities for livelihoods, food security & sustainable fisheries in🇱🇧
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Hands that know the land and grow our food. Women who shape the future. On #RuralWomensDay, we celebrate 🇱🇧 rural women, their knowledge, skills& leadership @FAOLebanon helps strengthen their voice in agricultural decision-making&expands their access to inputs, training&resources
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Funding by Switzerland, @MoaLebanon in collaboration with @FAOLebanon provided 386 farmers so far with fertilizers & insect traps to support open-field & greenhouse vegetable production. 📍 Abdeh , North 🇱🇧 benefitting farmers from 15 villages part of the Arqa Irrigation Scheme
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🇱🇧🇮🇹 Ciao, Roma! 👋 Today marks the last day of @FAO’s #Seeds2Food exhibition! FAO Lebanon brought a taste of 🇱🇧 to international visitors with thyme, jams, syrups, wheat&chickpeas. The star of the show? The iconic 🇱🇧 Lebede Grazie, Roma, for the warm welcome. Until next time!
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Today is #ZaatarTastingDay! Thyme took center stage at the @FAOLebanon stand during the #Seeds2Food exhibition at the @FAOinNENA_EN Pavilion in 🇮🇹 Visitors discovered the delicious taste of 🇱🇧 agricultural heritage, connecting people to our land, traditions, and biodiversity.
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A warm welcome to @FAO Deputy Director-General @BethBechdol at the Near East and North Africa Pavilion at #Seeds2Foods! 🌱 Celebrating the region’s rich food heritage, unique products and the people working to make agrifood systems more sustainable.
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🇱🇧 Bringing Lebanon’s agricultural heritage to the international stage Mr. Fadi Ghanem, Advisor to the 🇱🇧 Minister of Agriculture, representing the Minister of Agriculture visited the FAO Lebanon stand at the #Seeds2Food exhibition, held at the @FAOinNENA_EN pavilion in Rome
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🇱🇧🤝 A visit celebrating Lebanon’s agricultural heritage in Rome! FAO Lebanon welcomed H.E. Mrs. Carla Jazzar, Ambassador of Lebanon to Italy, and Mr. Moustafa Ghaith, Lebanese Consul in Rome, to the 🇱🇧stand at the #Seeds2Food exhibition, hosted in the @FAOinNENA_EN pavilion
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سعدت بزيارة جناح الشرق الأدنى وشمال أفريقيا في معرض #Seeds2Foods بروما، حيث عُرض التراث الزراعي الغني للمنطقة، وتنوع منتجاتها الغذائية، وحلولها المبتكرة، مؤكداً الدور المحوري للإقليم في تعزيز الأمن الغذائي وتحويل النظم الزراعية والغذائية.
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A piece of Lebanese heritage, brought to life at #Seeds2Foods! 🇱🇧🧶 Visit @FAO’s Near East and North Africa Pavilion to watch Youssef Akiki craft the lebbede, traditional woolen caps rooted in Lebanon’s mountain culture.
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لمحة سريعة عن الأجواء المفعمة بالحيوية في جناح منظمة الأغذية والزراعة المخصص لمنطقة الشرق الأدنى وشمال أفريقيا ضمن فعالية #Seeds2Foods! 🌱 🌍 بدءاً من النكهات الإقليمية والمنتجات الفريدة، ووصولاً إلى تذوق الأطعمة والعروض الثقافية؛ هناك الكثير مما يستحق الاكتشاف.
A sneak peak of the vibrant moments at @FAO’s Near East and North Africa Pavilion at #Seeds2Foods! 🌱 🌍 From regional flavours and unique products to food tastings and cultural performances, there is so much to discover.
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قطعة من التراث اللبناني تنبض بالحياة في معرض #Seeds2Foods! 🇱🇧🧶 زوروا جناح منظمة @FAO لإقليم الشرق الأدنى وشمال أفريقيا، وشاهدوا يوسف عقيقي وهو يصنع «اللبّادة»، وهي قبعات صوفية تقليدية ارتبطت بثقافة الجبال في لبنان.
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A sneak peak of the vibrant moments at @FAO’s Near East and North Africa Pavilion at #Seeds2Foods! 🌱 🌍 From regional flavours and unique products to food tastings and cultural performances, there is so much to discover.
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FAO in Lebanon retweeted
A productive exchange with @DrChadiAbdallah, SG of @CNRSL, on our ongoing collaboration & partnership to turn data and research into action for Lebanon’s agrifood systems 🇱🇧.
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Glad to welcome @FAODG to the Near East and North Africa pavilion at #Seeds2Foods in Rome, where the region’s rich food heritage meets the people, products and traditions that shape its food systems.
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From 🇱🇧’s mountains to the stage in Rome! Today, Youssef Akiki takes part in a cultural performance at @FAO’s #Seeds2Food exhibition in 🇮🇹, sharing his passion for lebbede, traditional woollen caps once widely worn to keep warm through Lebanon’s cold mountain winters. 🧶🇱🇧
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📢 In Italy today, Eng. Maya Makhoul from @MoaLebanon showcased 🇱🇧 rich food heritage at @FAO #Seeds2Food exhibition 🇮🇹 From freekeh to chickpeas, she shared the story of Lebanese traditional foods and the communities who keep this heritage alive, from field to table.
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