Under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Hussein Hajj Hassan, Minister of Agriculture, the conference was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Association of Jihad Al Binaa for Development, Faculty of Agriculture at the Lebanese University, American University of Beirut, Saint Joseph University, Saint Esprit University – Kaslik, Order of Engineers, Federation of Arab Agricultural Engineers, UNDP, ACSAD, FAO Lebanon, and the LCPC.

The conference took place at the Lebanese University - Faculty of Agriculture.

The objectives of the conference were to carry out all necessary measures to put plans and strategies to combat desertification and find alternatives to the scarcity of water and to propose alternative crops to suit with the new situation, in addition to finding new ways for re-greening Lebanon, which was characterized by green spaces exceeding 30% of the total area.

The conference tackled three main subjects:

1. Desertification and its impacts on agriculture and the environment
2. Society's role in combating desertification
3. Desertification and its impacts on the economy and the environment.