FAO emergencies and resilience

Syrian Arab Republic

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SYR Hero

21.7 million
country population

12 million people
in high acute food insecurity

6.7 million
internally displaced people

8.4 million people
live in rural areas

The Syrian Arab Republic remains one of the largest and most complex humanitarian emergencies globally. With a deepening economic crisis and increasing food prices, vulnerable families adopt negative coping mechanisms such as selling productive assets and reducing the quantity and quality of meals to survive.

Investing in local food production through crop, livestock and water-related interventions will save Syrians’ lives and livelihoods while reducing the humanitarian caseload and dependency on food aid.

Highlights
News
Norway contributes $23.7 million of flexible funding to boost FAO’s capacity to respond to crises and emergencies
31/03/2023

With these funds, FAO aims to reach around 600 000 food insecure people


News
Seismic challenges for rural families in Syria
27/03/2023

FAO is helping earthquake victims resume food production and agricultural livelihoods

News
Türkiye-Syria earthquake: farmers are in need of immediate assistance
17/02/2023

FAO raises concerns over disruptions to basic food production, seeks support to address immediate livelihood needs

 
Key documents
29/03/2023

The earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye and the northern part of the Syrian Arab Republic on 6 February 2023 caused immense damages and losses, particularly in the countries’ rural areas.

28/01/2019

The fifth issue of the FAO/WFP update for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) provides United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members with an overview of the magnitude, severity and drivers of acute food insecurity in eight countries and regions that have the world’s highest burden of people in need of emergency food, nutrition and livelihood assistance as a result of protracted conflict combined with other factors.

26/04/2019

The Syrian Refugee Resilience Plan (SRRP) is the guiding document for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support the Government of Turkey in addressing the needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey.

 
 
Multimedia
Video
Helping rural communities in Syria to sustain and recover food production after the earthquake
16/03/2023

In the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Syria and Türkiye in February 2023, FAO will help rural communities to sustain & recover food production.

Video
Abdulla Tobal builds a fodder pressing device to help his neighbors
20/04/2022

Abdullah Tobal, a smallholder herder from Tal Hasel in As-Sfira, Aleppo Governorate, had an idea to build a press to preserve fodder after he attended...

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