Lebanon Country Strategy Note 2022-2023

This country strategy note (CSN) will be valid for the period 2022-2023.

IFAD’s strategic objectives in Lebanon have been based on the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Strategy (NAS) 2020 - 2025, which has a robust focus on increasing the competitiveness and inclusiveness of value chains, improved natural resource management and improved access to rural financial services. Consultation with both local and international counterparts was also carried out to identify the immediate needs and main impediments facing the agricultural sector.

The strategic objectives are also building on the UN and development partners Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF), in addition to building on the platform of knowledge generated by past and ongoing IFAD engagements in Lebanon:

1. Improving natural resource management to increase resilience of smallholders and protect and preserve biodiversity, water and land resources
2. : Integrating the rural poor in profitable value chains through aggregation, clustering, process upgrading and increased commercialisation to drive higher profitability