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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetArab Forum For Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS)
Country brief - Algeria
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No results found.The Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS) strengthens inclusive, climate-smart advisory services across the Arab region by linking public, private, and civil-society providers. In Algeria, agriculture is an important pillar of the economy: about 13 percent of GDP, 9 percent of total employment, and a quarter of the population living in rural areas. Arable land exceeds 7.5 million hectares, and roughly 17.3 percent of national territory is agricultural. Recent policy focuses on boosting strategic crops and reducing the food import bill through the Algerian Agricultural Roadmap 2020–2024, while new 2025 agreements with the banking sector expand subsidized credit for farmers and agribusiness. The rural advisory system is led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with the National Agricultural Extension Institute, provincial directorates, the General Directorate of Forests, chambers of agriculture, and BADR bank, alongside private providers. Priorities include capacity building, ICT-enabled advice, sustainable water and soil management, and climate adaptation. Digital initiatives range from professional portals and mobile apps such as Choufli to smart-agriculture work by CRSTRA and AI tools for crop diagnostics, plus a 2025 satellite-based locust early-warning partnership with the Algerian Space Agency. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetArab Forum For Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS)
Country brief - Jordan
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The Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS) is a regional platform strengthening rural advisory and extension systems across the Arab region by linking public, private, and civil-society providers to scale inclusive, climate-smart services. This brief highlights a water-scarce agrifood sector in Jordan that, though modest in GDP and employment, remains strategic for livelihoods. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetArab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS)
Country brief - Bahrain
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No results found.Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS) strengthens rural advisory and extension systems across the Arab region by linking public, private, and civil-society providers to scale inclusive, climate-smart services. In Bahrain, agriculture land represented 10.3 percent of the country’s total area in 2022, with only 2.7 percent arable (World Bank, 2022). Farms are generally small, with 75 percent under 3 hectares, but farming families are large, often with 4–11 members.Despite water scarcity and limited arable land, Bahrain is promoting sustainable, resource-efficient systems, especially small-scale horticulture.
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