FAO in Syria

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10 January 2023
Kawkab Al-Yassin’s entrepreneurial initiative in rural Homs has been a lifeline for her neighbours. The mother of three from west Al-Farhaniyah, rural Homs, is making use of her knowledge to manage a production network of ‘mooneh’ - homemade preserved food-, and has successfully used this initiative to create up to...
19 December 2022
An innovative, integrated resilience-building approach forms the core of FAO’s collaboration with the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO - the UK government aid provider) to implement a five-year project that will support an estimated 32 300 beneficiaries - with a special focus on women, persons with disabilities and young farmers...
23 November 2022
Being displaced during the conflict was a painful process for many thousands of people in Syria.  For Zein Al Abedeen Junaid, a 19-year-old entrepreneur from Aleppo, turned the challenging situation of displacement into an opportunity, by developing a micro family business with his father in As-Safira. Back in 2017, worried about...
08 November 2022
The Government of Italy has approved a contribution of 2 million Euros to the UN Joint Programme on Urban and Rural Resilience aimed at improving more inclusive access to livelihoods and to critical basic services in conflict-affected areas of Syria.
20 October 2022
“I chose to work with compost because I am passionate about organic agriculture. I believe it will have a positive impact on our environment.” – Rua’a Hamid, a young entrepreneur in Rural Hasakah. Rua’a Hamid’s entrepreneurial journey is relatively short, but her business has already had an impact on her entire...