AbdulHakim Elwaer

AbdulHakim Elwaer
FAO’s Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for the Near East and North Africa

COP16 and FAO’s Role in Building Agrifood Systems in the Arab Region

As global attention this week converges on Riyadh for the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, known as COP16, the urgency to combat land degradation and desertification takes center stage. For the Near East and North Africa region, where…