FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

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07/08/2023

To promote climate-adaptive methods, FAO, with the support of the Adaptation Fund, has supported the maintenance, assembly and calibration of two Laser Land Levelling Units (LLL), as well as performing laser levelling for 200 ha of land in Eastern Ghouta, Rural Damascus, Syria. The advantages of using this technology are various

24/07/2023

“I have always believed in my abilities. The FAO ‘Nabta’ programme has provided me with skills and awoken my potential. It prepared me to establish my business and equipped me with a solar panel and a refrigerator to start,” said Amina Al Salamah from Deir Ez-Zor.

05/07/2023

FAO and UNDP have joined forces to restore irrigation for more than 10 000 farming families in Deir Ez-Zor, Syria, by conducting rehabilitation works on the Sector Seven pumping station, which has been inactive for over a decade due to the conflict in Syria, leaving more than 7 500 hectares of land abandoned and unproductive.

05/06/2023

FAO in the Syrian Arab Republic is working to empower rural women to position themselves as equal and equitable decision-makers within their families and communities through the prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) pilot in collaboration with UNFPA. The project’s first pilot, implemented under the ‘Building Local Resilience in Syria (BLRS)’ project,

26/04/2023

FAO in the Syrian Arab Republic is keen to strengthen the resilience of crisis-affected communities, where agricultural activities were disrupted, through restoration of access to water to enable rural communities to resume productive activities and sustain and improve their livelihoods.

02/03/2023

This movie falls under the project “Promotion of Good Agricultural Practices, including Integrated Pest Management to reduce agrochemical pollution in upper Litani basin”.

31/08/2022