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Evaluation of FAO’s country programme in Lebanon 2016-2019

Year of publication 2020

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 60 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-132892-7

Series title Country Programme Evaluation Series

Series number 06/2020

Synopsis (short abstract) Lebanon is an upper-middle income country with a population of 4.5 million people. In Lebanon, the agriculture sector’s contribution to economic growth is small, and the sector receives small investment. The country has been severely impacted by the Syrian refugee crisis, with the influx of approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees representing around one-third of the total Lebanese population of 4.5 million people. The agriculture sector has been viewed as an important contributor to the livelihood of poor and vulnerable populations, including Syrian refugees.The Syrian refugee crisis has shaped FAO’s country portfolio as agriculture is one of the three sectors allowing Syrians to work. FAO prudently integrated the donor and the government priorities by designing a resilience programme to support host communities, with emphasis on vulnerable farmers. FAO’s programme in the country addressed both emergency and longer term development needs through interventions directly supporting small-scale farmers and agro-food cooperatives, community-based subsector planning, natural resource management and capacity development at different levels.In the context of the recent financial and socio-economic crisis beginning in 2019, and renewed interest in agriculture under the United Nations-World Bank Partnership Compact 2018-2020, the Evaluation recommends that FAO assists the Government of Lebanon in transforming the agricultural sector into a more productive and job-creating one. Priority actions include: developing a sector strategy and roadmap towards sustainable and productive agriculture sector; putting in place economic incentives and removing disincentives in value chains; building human capital (planning skills of decision makers and entrepreneurial mindset of farmers); and supporting sustainable and productive use of resources.

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FAO. 2020. Evaluation of FAO’s country programme in Lebanon – 2016-2019. Country Programme Evaluation Series. 06/2020. Rome. 

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