Syria

IFAD Asset Request Portlet

Country

Syrian Arab Republic

9

Projects Includes planned, ongoing and closed projects

US$ 476.44 million

Total Project Cost

US$ 129.5 million

Total IFAD financing

486,150

Households impacted

Since 1982, IFAD has supported nine projects in Syria with loans totalling over US$155 million for projects with a total value of US$541 million. The Fund has also provided a number of grants, including technical assistance grants to support women’s empowerment.

IFAD works in partnership with the government, other donors, NGOs, local institutions and civil society organizations. It finances initiatives which enable poor rural people in Syria’s agricultural settlement areas to improve their incomes and living conditions.

Recently, a grant from IFAD’s Rural Poor Stimulus Facility and implemented by UNDP, reduced the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the most vulnerable rural communities by supporting their farming activities and safeguarding their livelihoods.  

Country documents

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Syrian Arab Republic Country Strategy Note 2022 – 2023 Type: Country strategy note (CSN)
Region: Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia

Country Experts

Experts

Thoodan Abdulkarim Ali Al-Eryani

Programme Officer

t.al-eryani@ifad.org

Omar Ebrima Njie

Country Director

o.njie@ifad.org

Dina Saleh

Regional Director, Near East, North Africa and Europe

d.saleh@ifad.org

Projects and Programmes

Projects Browser

PLANNED Under design after concept note approval

APPROVED Approved by the Executive Board or IFAD President

SIGNED Financing agreements signed

ONGOING Under implementation

CLOSED Completed/closed projects

Revitalisation of Agricultural Livelihoods Programme

Cost: $38.43 M

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Integrated Livestock Development Project

Cost: $8.52 M

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North-Eastern Region Rural Development Project

Cost: $58.12 M

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Idleb Rural Development Project

Cost: $44.82 M

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Badia Rangelands Development Project

Cost: $101.36 M

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Coastal/Midlands Agricultural Development Project

Cost: $117.20 M

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Jebel al Hoss Agricultural Development Project

Cost: $29.02 M

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Southern Regional Agricultural Development Project - Phase II

Cost: $42.33 M

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Southern Regional Agricultural Development Project

Cost: $36.64 M

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