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Book (series)Evaluation of the project “FAO Syria Smallholder Support Programme for Agriculture Transformation”
Project code: GCP/SYR/023/EC
2024Also available in:
No results found.FAO's transition from humanitarian projects to resilience long-term programming has been a positive evolution of programming in the Syrian Arab Republic. This shift has resulted in noteworthy, widespread, and at scale outcomes among vulnerable smallholder farmers. FAO through the programme has demonstrated approaches that can be replicated to support the transformation of agriculture in the Syrian Arab Republic to a decentralized and locally led system. Adopting an area-based approach may have enabled programme activities to be more mutually re-enforcing and potentially created a multiplier effect. Greater consideration of an exit strategy that lays the foundation for sustainability at community level is required and alternative funding partners should be sought for institutional capacity development in resilience to ensure sustainability. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetRwanda: Anticipatory actions to support farmers' resilience impacted by low rains 2023
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No results found.Rwanda is greatly susceptible to the impacts of climate change through its high dependence on rainfed agriculture. Despite the country’s overall growth and development over the past three decades, climate change has resulted in seasonal droughts that are expected to become more prolonged, causing additional challenges. Adding to the climate-related difficulties facing rural households, food prices in Rwanda have been exceptionally high. Urgent action was needed to improve food security for households expected to face the impacts of combined shocks – drought plus high food and input prices. The Anticipatory Action window of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO’s) Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) was activated, thanks to the Government of Belgium’s contribution. It supported the resilience of smallholder farmers to help them better cope with the predicted impacts of drought, protect their assets and maintain their food security. It also promoted the adoption of climate-smart agriculture for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetCounting the cost: Agriculture in Syria after six years of crisis 2017
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No results found.FAO has conducted the first comprehensive nationwide assessment on the cost of the war to the agriculture sector. The assessment interviewed more than 3 500 households and conducted focus groups in 400 communities to establish the impact and get a clearer understanding of what support is required to kick-start recovery. The findings revealed that USD15 billion has been lost in terms of production and damaged and destroyed assets and infrastructure within the agriculture sector. The assessment a lso estimates that depending on the scenario, between USD10.7 to 17.1 billion would be required to kick-start the recovery of the agriculture sector. Even though the crisis is not over, the conditions for investing in the recovery of the sector are present in many areas of the country. Such investment will not only reduce the need for humanitarian assistance but also stem migration and encourage the return of migrants. If productive farming areas are neglected, more people will be forced to leav e already depopulated rural areas making eventual recovery harder, longer and more costly to achieve.
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