SOUTH.REG.AGR.I

closed

The project consists principally of the first phase of a comprehensive program for the production of field crops and fruit trees in the provinces of Deraa and Sweida in southern Syria. The project consists of the following components: (a) field crop development and farm machinery for the first year of the second phase; (b) fruit tree development; (c) construction of farm access roads to serve the project area; (d) strengthening of the extension service and of the organization for project administration; and (e) provision of technical assistance. The project is part of a program that would contribute to the development of rainfed agriculture in Syria by increasing cultivable lands and by building the institutional framework for growth through the extension services and the establishment of an organization for project implementation which could be used as a model in other areas.