Donor: The World Food Program (WFP), funded by The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Objectives:
• Ensuring food security through sustainable and sound practices.
• Improving landscapes through sound practices and awareness.
• Building the capacities of local communities.
• Securing sustainable livelihoods.
The activities:
• Cleaning and clearing forest sites.
• Shredding, composting and production of eco-briquette.
• Creation of trails and walking pathways.
• Restoration of agricultural terraces.
• Building the capacities of beneficiaries and partners through training courses related to the project's objectives.
• Developing production chains within the rural development program and building capacities of women.
• Carrying out some experiments related to water conservation and collection in multiple locations.
• Irrigation works and methods to reduce evaporation.
In numbers:
• 588 beneficiaries from the local community (Lebanese and Syrian, males and females).
• More than 34 participants / beneficiaries in the administrative activities.
• Works in 18 villages.
• 2,940 direct beneficiaries and 14,700 indirect beneficiaries.
• Irrigation and covering the soil for more than 69,000 plants.
• Pruning and clearing more than 35 hectares of forests.
• Establishment and maintenance of more than 40 km of trails.
• Restoration of more than 420 square meters of agricultural walls.
• Restoration of more than 10 hectares of agricultural land.
• Production of more than 400 tons of compost.
And 200 tons of eco-briquette, and 2.5 tons of jam,
And 2.5 tons of vinegar
Duration: 12 months: March 2018 - March 2020
Figure 35 - Biomass resulting from shredding
