The humanitarian side of agronomy
FAO agronomist Jehad Al Meqdad stays in his Syrian homeland to support farmers
Originally from the southern governate of Daraa, Jehad has been an agronomist for almost three decades, working first for the Ministry of Agriculture, then for FAO for the last five years. He specializes in training smallholder farmers and female-headed households to use better agricultural techniques, teaching everything from how to select seeds to when to harvest crops.
Author: FAO
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Year: 2022
Country/ies: Syrian Arab Republic
Geographical coverage: Near East and North Africa
Type: Case study
Full text available at: https://www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1602256/
Content language: English