Food Security
Historically, the Northeast of Syria (NES) region has been a major wheat producer of Syria. However, due to the severe decline of rainfall and other climatic factors, the wheat yields in 2021 have been far below previous years and seriously threaten food security in the region. Moreover, a large n...
Syria is currently facing a prolonged drought that is directly impacting cereal crops, which in turn is producing low wheat yields. To address this growing issue, the SRTF approved the fifth phase of the multi-phase food security project, “Complementary Project for Enhancing Food Security in the...
According the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), an individual requires 275 grams of flour daily (8.25 kilograms every month) to satisfy their wheat needs. In light of this information and the success of the first three phases of the project, “Complementary Project for Enhancing Foo...
Following large waves of internally displaced people (IDPs) to northern Aleppo in the last two months, there was a dire need to support bread availability in the area.
To address these needs, the SRTF approved the third phase of its "Complementary Project for Enhancing Food Security in the Nor...
Food security has been and remains one of the primary concerns in Syria’s agriculture, which is the only country in the Arab world that relies on its own resources to secure stable food inputs, especially wheat. Following the outbreak of conflict and the subsequent displacement of populations ac...
Since the start of the conflict, grain centres have been targeted and are either partially destroyed or out of service. In the northern Aleppo countryside, several bakeries were targeted by airstrikes and a few others were vandalized. Currently, flour is provided to the operating bakeries mainly b...
The wheat crop production in Syria has always been considered of strategic importance in meeting the food security needs of the population.
A series of consecutive drought years, up to the current conflict and insecurity conditions, high transport cost due to high prices of fuel, lack of funds ...
Since the start of the revolution, Syria’s agriculture sector has weakened considerably. Violence and misappropriations have destroyed vast swaths of farmland, while militia checkpoints and a deteriorating infrastructure have significantly hampered the transportation, distribution, and sale of h...
Syria’s wheat production in the 2014 was down 50% of the 10-year-average, namely 1 million tons per year, according to FAO estimates. To meet basic consumption needs, the Syrian Public Establishment for Grains (SPEG) estimated that Syrians require at least an additional quantity of 250,000 – 3...
In the next 12 months, the Syrian population will face major problems related to food security. As of June 2014, there is a concrete risk that harvested wheat is bought by traders that later on speculate on its price (thus causing rapid price fluctuations). Without any grain reserves, there is a s...
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