FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

Syria food production at all-time low

Urgent assistance to farmers critical to stemming growing food insecurity, UN agencies say

@Reuters/Ammar Abdallah - A man walks past a damaged truck after airstrikes on the outskirts of the town of Atareb in Aleppo province, Syria, on August 4, 2016.

15 November 2016, Rome - Food production in Syria has hit a record low as widespread insecurity and unfavourable weather conditions in parts of the country continued to hamper access to land, farming supplies and markets, making it ever more difficult for farmers to maintain their livelihoods and feed the war-torn country.


15/11/2016