Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS) is a regional platform that strengthens inclusive, climate-smart advisory and extension systems by linking public, private, and civil-society providers across the Arab region. Arable land made up 25.4 percent of the Syrian Arab Republic’s landmass in 2021 (World Bank, 2021a). More than a third of all farmers cultivate an area of two hectares or less. Among landholders, 29 percent have another job as their main occupation aside from farming (FAO 2017). Seventy-five percent of the Syrian rural households cultivate food for their personal use (FAO, 2017). Approximately 60 percent of households are involved in perennial crop production, such as almonds, apples, apricots, cherries, citrus, figs, grapes, nuts, olives, peaches, pears, pistachios, plums and pomegranates. Other major crops are annual crops which include a range of important food (wheat), fodder (maize and barley) and cash crops (cotton, tobacco, spices and sugar beet) (FAO, 2017). Agriculture is a vital sector to the Syrian Arab Republic’s economy in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) and employment. In 2022, agriculture contributed 27.8 percent to the country’s GDP (World Bank, 2022). The Syrian Arab Republic has five major farming systems, including irrigated farming; rainfed mixed farming; dryland mixed farming; pastoral farming; sparse (arid) farming; and urban and peri-urban agriculture farming (Wattenbach, 2006). The 2011 conflict impacted the agricultural and food sectors and resulted in damage to agricultural infrastructure as well as the livestock sector, making it difficult for farmers to access inputs and markets. This has resulted in increased food insecurity and reduced agricultural productivity (Bayram & Gok, 2020) in addition to the increase in rural-urban outmigration.