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06 June 2024
More than 10 000 farmers in southern Hama, Syrian Arab Republic, will expect a sustainable flow of water to their lands after FAO has completed rehabilitation works on eighty-eight kilometers of irrigation networks and seventy kilometers of drainage networks. These irrigation and drainage networks had been severely damaged by the...
More than 10 000 farmers in southern Hama, Syrian Arab Republic, will expect a sustainable flow of water to their lands after FAO has completed rehabilitation works on eighty-eight kilometers of irrigation networks and seventy kilometers of drainage networks. These irrigation and drainage networks had been severely damaged by the...
27 May 2024
After the outstanding success in encouraging more than 250 young people and women to establish small agri-businesses that contribute to the improvement of agriculture towards a better production, and create employment opportunities for a better living, FAO in the Syrian Arab Republic is re-launching its agri-preneurship programme ‘Nabta’ to assist...
After the outstanding success in encouraging more than 250 young people and women to establish small agri-businesses that contribute to the improvement of agriculture towards a better production, and create employment opportunities for a better living, FAO in the Syrian Arab Republic is re-launching its agri-preneurship programme ‘Nabta’ to assist...
19 May 2024
The quality and quantity of agricultural production relies on major factors to achieve healthy crops and fresh products, thanks to the help of bees and pollinators that are essential for crops growth, as well as food security and ecosystems restoration. The farmers and people in Syria, and worldwide, realize the importance...
The quality and quantity of agricultural production relies on major factors to achieve healthy crops and fresh products, thanks to the help of bees and pollinators that are essential for crops growth, as well as food security and ecosystems restoration. The farmers and people in Syria, and worldwide, realize the importance...
16 May 2024
In Dweir, a distant village on the bank of the Euphrates River in Deir-ez-Zor, a group of Syrian women have transformed their lives after attending sessions at FAO’s Farmer Field School on livestock production. The women farmers have successfully improved their unsustainable agricultural practices and turned their modest production rates...
In Dweir, a distant village on the bank of the Euphrates River in Deir-ez-Zor, a group of Syrian women have transformed their lives after attending sessions at FAO’s Farmer Field School on livestock production. The women farmers have successfully improved their unsustainable agricultural practices and turned their modest production rates...
22 February 2024
Long-standing negative social norms can perpetuate Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) as certain harmful practices can result in the prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV). Early marriage and economic violence are two forms of GBV that are very common in rural farming communities in Syria. In response, FAO is implementing...
Long-standing negative social norms can perpetuate Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) as certain harmful practices can result in the prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV). Early marriage and economic violence are two forms of GBV that are very common in rural farming communities in Syria. In response, FAO is implementing...
