Hilly Areas Sustainable Agricultural Development Project

Provide technical assistance to small-scale farmers in two disadvantaged areas in Lebanon: Akkar and Baalbeck-Hermel through the creation and management of service centers by the regional cooperative unions.  

Objectives

• Provide technical assistance to the cooperative unions of Al-Joumieh in Akkar and to the union of regional cooperatives of Baalbeck-Hermel to transform the services provided to farmers into operational and self-sustaining Farming Service Centres (FSC);
• Improve productivity and quality of local production to increase incomes and reinforce the links with the market;
• Ensure the sustainability of the project through the implementation of a viable economic model for the FSCs and access to new markets.

Activities

• Improve the infrastructure of the FSCs;
• Capacity building of the FSCs’ members and farmers;
• Develop agricultural extension and advisory activities for farmers;
• Improve marketing and market access.

Results and impact

• Increase production quality, create local brands and an Organic label
• Improve the farmer’s income in both target regions
• Enhance the technical and financial autonomy of the FSCs

Coordinator

CIHEAM-IAMM - France

More information

Source of funding: Fonds International de Développement Agricole (FIDA)

Contact: Tahani Abdelhakim (contact@iamm.fr)

Total budget: 1 499 058 €

Partners:

• Centre d’Expérimentation Horticole de Marsillargues (CEHM) - France
• Institut de l’Olivier (IO) - Tunisie