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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetReinforcing Capacities for Stability
Strengthening natural-resource management capacity to restore agriculture in fragile contexts
2019Also available in:
No results found.Conflict has a significant impact on development efforts, severely affecting the economies of entire nations and endangering people’s food security and nutrition. Food insecurity can, in turn, exacerbate tensions and increase the risk of future conflict. While environmental factors are rarely, if ever, the sole cause, the exploitation of natural resources and related environmental stresses can feature in all phases of the conflict cycle, from contributing to the outbreak and perpetuation of violence to undermining prospects for peace. Natural resources management, especially land and water management, becomes a critical challenge in conflict or post-conflict situations, aggravated by climate change and land degradation. Strengthening the natural resources management system and information is widely acknowledged to be key to the wider process of peacebuilding and sustainable development. This programme aims to bolster the knowledge and skills base in natural resources management and lay the foundation for a system that not only responds to the immediate needs of the post-crisis reconstruction process, but also guarantees sustainability in the long term. Reinforcing capacities is critical where conflict has often eroded human capital and weakened institutional capacity. The programme will identify the capacity gaps and provide a comprehensive and tailor-made suite of training opportunities to a wide and diverse audience at country level. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetThe Syrian Arab Republic: Reinforcing Local Capacities for Stability
Strategic actions to promote sustainable land, soil and water management
2019Also available in:
No results found.Syria is naturally exposed to a chronic shortage of water and may face greater water scarcity in the coming decades, not least due to the ongoing conflict and climate change. The Syrian crisis that started in 2012 has led to land abandonment and the displacement of large swathes of the rural population, with a resulting deterioration in soil conditions and, more generally, the agricultural sector and national economy. Faced with stiff competition for water resources, agriculture needs to improve its water-use efficiency while sustainably contributing to food security and the rural economy. FAO has developed a programme to address Syria’s water scarcity and the challenges it poses to agriculture and rural development. It will develop solutions centred on irrigated agriculture, rain-fed agriculture and the sustainable management of natural resources in marginal drought-affected areas, informed by a contextual analysis to understand local dynamics and drivers and thus inform the most appropriate design/intervention, including opportunities where local peace objectives may also be supported. -
Book (stand-alone)Iraq: Restoration of agriculture and irrigation water systems sub-programme (2018–2020)
FAO’s component of the United Nations’ Recovery and Resilience Programme
2018Also available in:
No results found.There is a strong imperative to rebuild Iraq’s agriculture sector as it is a major provider of employment and income in rural and peri-urban areas. This will allow for the return of millions of internally displaced people (IDP) in Iraq to their areas of origin, following the retaking of Iraqi areas that used to be under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) – i.e. all or parts of the five affected governorates of Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah al-Din. The impact of conflict caused by ISIL on the agriculture sector has been devastating and includes huge population movements, destruction of and damage to water systems, irrigation facilities and other agricultural infrastructure, disruption of value chains and losses of personal assets, crop and livestock production and food supplies. In response, the Government of Iraq has developed the Iraq Reconstruction and Development Framework (IRFD), which contributes to the Iraq Vision 2030 and National Development Plan (2018–2022). Guided by IRFD, Iraq’s United Nations Country Team (UNCT) formulated the Recovery and Resilience Programme (RRP), which prioritizes three (out of nine ) components to be implemented in the retaken areas with high priority: (i) preventing violent extremism; (ii) restoring communities; and (iii) restoring agriculture and water systems. The RRP was presented at the Kuwait International Conference for Iraq's Reconstruction in February 2018, which was jointly organized by the Government of Iraq, the World Bank and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.
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