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 Under
the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform of
Syria, the FAO and the NAPC, supported by the Project GCP/SYR/006/ITA,
jointly organized a Regional Workshop for the Near East and North Africa
Network for Agricultural Policies (NENARNAP) on “Agricultural in the
Near East and North Africa Towards a Vision for 2050”.
The meeting, held on 13 -15 November 2006 at the NAPC premises,
Damascus, and attended by twenty nine delegates from fifteen countries
of the Region, comprising Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia,
UAE, and Yemen, in addition to representative from Arab and
international agricultural organizations. The participants were
Senior/Middle level officers at Ministries of Agriculture responsible
for agricultural policy/agricultural economics and planning.
The workshop was held to initiate some forward thinking among policy
analysts to assist in the formulation of long-term visions for
agriculture in the countries of the Near East and North Africa, within
the overall context of the rapidly changing global economic environment.
There are several elements within this shifting setting which will
influence medium- and long-term agricultural development prospects in
the Region. Policy analysts and policy makers in the Region are
encouraged to start assessing the potential impact of these elements in
relation to their national current and future agricultural strategies
and programs.
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