Emergency response to support livelihoods and food security of destitute farmers affected by the drought in the northeast of the Syrian Arab Republic
As a result of the global climate change, drought has become a more recurrent phenomenon in Syria over the last two decades. In 2007/08 drought caused severe damage to the agricultural sector, especially rain-fed agriculture.The general objective of this assistance was to support the livelihoods and food security of the most destitute drought-affected farmers in the northeastern part of Syria. The immediate objective was to ensure the access of up to 5 000 destitute farmers in the rain-fed areas of Al-Hasakah governorate to local varieties of drought-resistant wheat and barley seeds for the 2008/09 cropping season.