After the outstanding success in encouraging more than 250 young people and women to establish small agri-businesses that contribute to the improvement of agriculture towards a better production, and create...

The quality and quantity of agricultural production relies on major factors to achieve healthy crops and fresh products, thanks to the help of bees and pollinators that are essential for...

In Dweir, a distant village on the bank of the Euphrates River in Deir-ez-Zor, a group of Syrian women have transformed their lives after attending sessions at FAO’s Farmer Field...

Long-standing negative social norms can perpetuate Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) as certain harmful practices can result in the prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV). Early marriage and economic violence...

By September 2024, farmers across Syria will be celebrating a new, high-quality calving to support and sustain their animal production and importantly, their income. As part of the Building Local...

Climate change is causing harmful consequence on agriculture in the Syrian Arab Republic, making farming production challenging for stallholder farmers who already suffer the accumulative impact of more than 12...

“The farmers were surprised and shocked. It was not easy for me to ignore the way they looked at me as a person with special needs who will provide information...

“Now I can assess the market’s demands and my farm’s situation using SWOT analysis, then produce and promote suitable products to increase the profits. Thanks to FAO farmers business school...

When Khadija received 500 kilograms fodder to feed her 15 heads of sheep, besides treating her sheep against diseases, she felt empowered to produce better quantity and quality of dairy...

“I remember one woman asked me to save her newborn calf. She said to me ‘Please, whatever you need to do, don’t let my calf die.’ I did my best...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has collaborated with the General Organization of Remote Sensing (GORS) to launch a comprehensive training programme aimed at enhancing knowledge...

The rural development center (RDC) in Al Mayadeen – Deir Ez-Zor Governorate – is operating again after malfunction status for years by the conflict. Thanks to the support of Italy...

“That night of the earthquake was horrifying.  The main irrigation canal was severely cracked, and we were so worried that we would lose the crops for the season because couldn’t...

A well-levelled land is important for farmers in rural areas as it makes irrigation easier, faster, and more efficient since water can reach every part of the field evenly with...

The rehabilitation of the northern part of the Homs-Hama irrigation network in the Syrian Arab Republic was implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched an inception meeting last month with 23 representatives from different stakeholders across the olive value chain, including the Syrian...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a new cycle of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in five governorates across Syria, as part of the ‘Building...

Flexibility, consistency and knowledge are the key ingredients for Amina’s success. She is a true lead example for other women in her village in Deir Ez-Zor as she thrived her...

The involvement of the local community to actively lead the identification of the needs and prioritizing these needs to improve their living conditions and livelihood, especially agricultural, is fundamental to...

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...