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Rehabilitation of pumping sets in Ar-Raqqa and Deir-Ez-Zor sustains access to irrigation for farmers
25 May 2023
The current low level of flow of the river Euphrates has led to the interruption of irrigation in both Ar-Raqqa and Deir-Ez-Zor Governorates. This in turn has worsened the adverse effects of the twelve-year crisis on the livelihoods of local communities many of whom had been displaced and were highly...
The current low level of flow of the river Euphrates has led to the interruption of irrigation in both Ar-Raqqa and Deir-Ez-Zor Governorates. This in turn has worsened the adverse effects of the twelve-year crisis on the livelihoods of local communities many of whom had been displaced and were highly...
15 May 2023
Italy, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are pleased to announce their impactful partnership that aims to assist vulnerable small-scale farmers to sustain their livelihoods and equitable access to natural resources. The partners have signed a one million Euro agreement,...
Italy, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are pleased to announce their impactful partnership that aims to assist vulnerable small-scale farmers to sustain their livelihoods and equitable access to natural resources. The partners have signed a one million Euro agreement,...
26 April 2023
“The protection of our livestock secures our livelihoods,” – said Mohammed Hamzeh, a small-livestock keeper of five heads of cows in rural Damascus, who benefited from FAO’s vaccination campaign, and fodder support for his livestock. The overall situation for rural communities remains hard. Small-scale farmers have been facing the challenges of...
“The protection of our livestock secures our livelihoods,” – said Mohammed Hamzeh, a small-livestock keeper of five heads of cows in rural Damascus, who benefited from FAO’s vaccination campaign, and fodder support for his livestock. The overall situation for rural communities remains hard. Small-scale farmers have been facing the challenges of...
30 March 2023
2022 Overview highlights the need to focus on trade as an enabler to achieve food security and nutrition. Hunger and malnutrition have reached critical levels in the Arab region as access to basic foods has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, says a UN report. Today FAO, IFAD, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, and ESCWA have...
2022 Overview highlights the need to focus on trade as an enabler to achieve food security and nutrition. Hunger and malnutrition have reached critical levels in the Arab region as access to basic foods has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, says a UN report. Today FAO, IFAD, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, and ESCWA have...
27 March 2023
Baraa Al Ali had already lived through a lot when the earthquake struck Syria and Türkiye on February 6. The 44-year-old mother of six from Al Ghab, a district in the governorate of Hama, had been forced to flee her home several times during the 12 years of the Syrian conflict...
Baraa Al Ali had already lived through a lot when the earthquake struck Syria and Türkiye on February 6. The 44-year-old mother of six from Al Ghab, a district in the governorate of Hama, had been forced to flee her home several times during the 12 years of the Syrian conflict...
