he International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has contributed a US$544,795 grant to alleviate the pressure of the COVID pandemic on the Syrian rural community. Under this grant, the Livelihoods Resilience Building Project (LRBP) will complement the farming activities and meet needs of the most vulnerable and fragile rural communities--including small-scale livestock herders and farmers who need help to safeguard their livelihoods in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.

The project will benefit around 4,000 people in the governorates of Homs, Tartous and Lattakia. It will provide seeds, essential agricultural inputs, and farm tools, as well as livestock and animal feed, in an effort to build their resilience and food security, especially after ten years of vulnerability as a result of conflict and depletion of financial resources.