Syrian Arab Republic (the)

Syrian Arab Republic (the)

Tags: SYRIA, NEAR EAST, COUNTRY BACKGROUND, HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, CONFLICT, SYRIA CRISIS, CIVIL WAR, CIVIL UNREST, IDPS, VIOLENCE,

Read more about FAO and the Syria crisisThe Syria crisis continues to drive humanitarian needs. The main driver of food insecurity continues to be population displacement. Despite decreased levels of conflict in many areas, its relenting presence has led to sustained hostilities, protracted displacement, increased returns and persistent erosion of communities’ resilience.

Within the country, where 6.2 million people remain displaced and 1.4 million have returned, resources are increasingly depleted. Externally, the precarious situation continues to propel the largest refugee crisis in the world. Some 5.6 million refugees reside in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, where needs far exceed the resources of host governments and communities. More than eight in 10 people in the Syrian Arab Republic now live below the poverty line.

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Securing vulnerable farmers’ livelihoods by providing quality wheat seed

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 - Every year thousands of farmers in the Syrian Arab Republic prepare their land for seeding during the wheat-planting season between November and December. They are always ...read more
15/02/2021

FAO and Japan’s food processing units empower rural women

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 - The crisis in Syria forced many rural women to become the only breadwinners for their families, which was a new experience for many of them. With the limited ...read more
09/02/2021

FAOR Syria statement on the Coastal Region’s bushfires – Syrian Arab Republic

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 - Syria’s Coastal Region witnessed a massive bushfires back in October 2020, burning about 10,000 Hectors land planted with fruitful trees, mainly 25-year-old olives trees, only in ...read more
08/01/2021

Supporting the livelihoods of farmers and women groups in Syria

 - To improve the food security and nutrition of targeted crisis-affected populations while restoring the resilience of their livelihoods, with a particular focus on female-headed households.
03/12/2020

Syria | FAO helps reactivate Syria’s water resources monitoring system through training

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 - FAO has designed a comprehensive training programme for the technical staff of the Water Resources Information Center - General Commission for Water Resources in Syria. The programme ...read more
19/11/2020

Turkey | FAO supports Syrians and local farmers through Farmer Field Schools

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 - An inauguration ceremony was held to launch a Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) initiative to support Syrians under Temporary Protection (SuTPs), refugees and Turkish citizens improve their ...read more
22/10/2020

Syrian Arab Republic | FAO and Kuwait partner to support vulnerable households

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 - “The long years of crisis left us poor, we couldn’t afford to buy bread for the family,” said Fiya Hassan, 66, who is a grandmother of ...read more
21/09/2020

Lebanon and Jordan | Enhancing resilient livelihoods and food security of local communities and refugees

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 -  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture in Lebanon and the Ministry of Agriculture in Jordan, ...read more
17/09/2020

Syrian Arab Republic | FAO promotes efficient methods to enhance cattle production

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 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under its Smallholder Support Programme (SSP), will support vulnerable small-scale livestock keepers with an integrated intervention ...read more
15/09/2020

COVID-19 | 2020 humanitarian response

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 - FAO’s component of the Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19 The world is standing on the precipice of the greatest food crisis in generations. Worldwide, people and ...read more
17/08/2020

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