The mission of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences is to promote, through higher agricultural education, teaching, research, and extension in agriculture, foods and nutrition, environment, and natural Resources and community and rural development as a basis for sustainable improvement in the lives of people throughout Lebanon, the Middle East region, and the world.

The vision of FAFS is to be an institution committed to helping the Middle East region in improving agricultural practices with the aim of approaching self-sufficiency in food production. It is an institution committed to research, development, and the training of dedicated and highly motivated men and women to satisfy the needs of human power resources in the Middle East. FAFS conducts on-campus academic instruction, research through its on-campus facilities and AREC, as well as outreach education, all patterned after the land-grant college system of the USA. In the coming years the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences will develop as a center for excellence in higher agricultural education and research in the areas of sustainable and urban agriculture, environmental sciences related to agriculture and natural resources, arid land agriculture, food quality and safety, and nutrition. These areas are emphasized because they reflect important needs in agricultural education and development in the region we serve.