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25 July 2022

Poor wheat harvest in Syria adds to food woes
Rising fertiliser prices contributing to the difficulties...

19 July 2017

Animal Health Campaign Helps Support Food Security, Livelihoods in Syria
SYRIA - In strife-torn Syria, the food security and livelihoods situation of some 234,000 people has received a strong boost owing to a recently completed animal health campaign led by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)...

21 January 2016

Calls for More Funding to Keep Syria's Farmers in Production
SYRIA - With the war in Syria now approaching its sixth year, agricultural production has plummeted and food supplies are at an all-time low, so the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has called for more funding targeted at helping farmers keep their...

22 July 2013

Four Million Syrians Unable to Produce, Buy Enough Food
SYRIA - Syria's food security situation has significantly deteriorated over the past year. ...

28 January 2013

Continuing Syrian Conflict Drops Agricultural Production Massively
SYRIA - Twenty-two months of conflict have left Syria's agricultural sector in tatters with cereal, fruit and vegetable production dropping for some by half and massive destruction of irrigation and other infrastructure, a UN mission has found....

03 August 2012

Syrians Need Food, Crops, Livestock Assistance
SYRIA - Close to three million people are in need of food, crops and livestock assistance, according to a recent assessment carried out by the United Nations and the Syrian government....

24 February 2011

Boosting Dairy Production In Syria
SYRIA - A new US$73.13 million International Fund for Agricultural Development - supported project will help reduce poverty mainly in marginal dry areas of the Syrian Arab Republic. The Integrated Livestock Development Project will benefit around 311,000...

08 December 2009

OIE Resolves To Control Vet Drug Misuse
SYRIA - At a conference of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on veterinary medicinal products, it was decided to target the misuse of veterinary medicinal products in the Middle East. ...