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Promoting agricultural livelihoods in Turkey through the Syrian refugee response
10/03/2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Food Security and Agriculture (FSA) sector in Turkey, organized a workshop entitled: “Promoting agricultural livelihoods in the refugee response”.
Acute food insecurity hotspots need urgent attention
09/03/2020
While global attention has focused on the swarms of Desert Locusts attacking crops in East Africa, a number of other countries and regions are also confronting serious food security threats and require support, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.
FAO and OCHA support 9 400 vulnerable farmers in northeast Syria to improve wheat production
15/01/2020
Farming communities in northeast Syria were hit hard due to cumulative impact of eight years of crisis and changing climate.
FAO launches Smallholder Support Programme to improve business-oriented agricultural skills for youth and women
10/01/2020
The launch of a training series by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support agricultural entrepreneurship in the Syrian Arab Republic, through its Smallholder Support Programme (SSP), will boost the ability of rural youth and women to develop their businesses, achieve a viable income and improve their livelihoods.
Building up new lives and livelihoods out of destruction
10/01/2020
Since 2011, the Syrian conflict has hard hit the families in the country. Family members have been lost, homes and belongings left behind. Food and agriculture practices passed on for generations have been abandoned.