Dubai, UAE--The UAE leadership places utmost importance on supporting farmers to enhance the sustainability of the agricultural and food sector, ensure national food security and address climate change, according to Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment. She was speaking at the ninth meeting of the...

Baqa al-Gharbiya, Israel--In Baqa al-Gharbiya, an hour's drive from Haifa, city folk have temporarily traded pens for boots to aid farmers in Israel facing a labour shortage exacerbated by the Gaza war. Whether teachers or lawyers, Arab or Jew, they have come together during their leisure time to lend a helping...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA -  Agri-Nutrients SABIC, in cooperation with the American companies ADM and BiOWiSH has helped farmers achieve high productivity using sustainable and cost-efficient methods. Through these collaborative efforts SABIC aims to help reduce the carbon footprint in the agricultural supply chain, especially after the company obtained the world's...

Riga, Latvia--Al Dahra Group has signed a supply agreement with Golden Fields, an Estonian agriculture company specializing in the production of premium quality animal feed grown in the Baltic region. At an event in Riga attended by government officials, farmers, and businesses from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Al Dahra Group...

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland-- India's Minister for New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh has told developed countries to '"walk the talk" on transforming food systems by helping smallholder farmers in developing countries with cheaper access to irrigation, fertilizers and markets. The minister was speaking at a session on “Interplay of Food,...

AMMAN, JORDAN - Board of Directors of the Amman-based Jordanian- Palestinian Agricultural Marketing Company (JPACO)) on Saturday reviewed its key achievements and projects implemented during 2022.The board also examined the company's performance and its goals and discussed its action plan for 2023, as well as its key future projects, according...

A COP27 announcement said the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant, distributed over four years, is earmarked for scaling up regional innovations that build resilience against drought, heat waves and extreme flooding amplified by a warming world.

Morocco - the world's top producer of hashish according to the United Nations - lies on Europe's doorstep and is potentially well placed to become a top legitimate exporter. But a domestic crackdown on growers, slow progress in issuing licenses for legal production and strong competition from European operators has...

The 6th edition of Al Dhaid Date Festival came to a successful conclusion at Expo Al Dhaid, after four days of heritage activities and strong competitions among exhibitors.

The plan includes allocating interest-free loan packages to farmers through the Agricultural Credit Corporation.

Morocco said Wednesday it will launch a nearly $1 billion aid program to help its agriculture industry, which has been hit hard by a particularly acute drought in recent years. The emergency plan "aims to mitigate the effects of delay in rainfall, to alleviate the impact on agricultural activity and...

"Thousands of people from Isfahan, farmers from the east and west of the province, have gathered in the dry Zayandeh Rood riverbed with one key demand: let the river run," a state television journalist in Isfahan reported, broadcasting live images of Friday's rally.

The world-famous spread is made by Italy's Ferrero confectionary, Turkey's top hazelnut purchaser. The global giant's other sweets include Ferrero Rocher chocolates and Kinder chocolate eggs. But the Italian company is developing ill will in Turkey, where farmers get paid roughly $14 a day collecting nuts off the ground

The kingdom’s goal is to support small farmers, develop rural agriculture and assist the local development of the food product manufacturing sector, says expert.

Agriculture accounts for around six percent of Turkey's GDP and employs 18 percent of the country's workforce.

Only 3.5 percent of Iraq’s farmlands are watered with irrigation systems and rivers are polluted with viruses and bacteria, oil spills and industrial chemicals.

Two new projects totaling $116 million aim to restore livelihoods, food security The country faces increasing levels of food insecurity despite increased production World Bank has approved two new projects totaling $116 million for South Sudan that aim to strengthen the capacity of farmers, improve agricultural production, and restore livelihoods...