|
|
Idleb
Rural Development Project
The project focuses on community development
and land reclamation through de-rocking. The primary objective is
to improve food security and income levels for the target group of
farmers and rural women in 140 of Syria’s poorest villages. Through
an innovative bottom-up process involving village development committees,
people participate in their communities’ development. To improve poor
people’s access to rural financial services, the project supports
the establishment of sanduqs, which are informal community-based
microfinance institutions. Through sanduqs, poor rural people and
particularly women can obtain credit to cover the cost of reclaiming
land for agriculture and to initiate income-generating activities.
Project activities include:
- reclaiming 22,000 ha
of land by de-rocking
- establishing about
12,000 ha of orchards
- providing extension
service and improving links between research and extension
- supporting water conservation
measures including construction of 25 small earth dams, rehabilitation
of 14 wells and protection and rehabilitation of springs for
irrigation
- expanding farmers’
access to markets by helping them identify new market niches and
establish linkages with potential buyers
- supporting village
development committees to encourage participation
- financing the establishment
of sanduqs
- promoting processing
and marketing opportunities
Microfinance activities were
supported by a technical grant from the UNDP.
Source: IFAD
email this article
|
| Contact information |
Mr Abdelhamid Abdouli
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592248
Fax: +39 0654593248
a.abdouli@ifad.org |
| Facts and figures |
Total cost: US$46.1 million
IFAD loan: US$17.5 million
Cofinancing:
- Loan:
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
- Grant: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Duration: 2003-2010
Geographical
area:
140 villages
in Idleb governorate in north-western Syria
Directly benefiting:
42,000 households
Status: ongoing
|
| Partners |
- Government
of Syria
- AFESD
- UNDP
|
|
|
