Agricultural Livelihoods and Food Security Impact Assessment and Response Plan for the Syria Crisis in the Neighbouring Countries of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey (En)

This report on was prepared by a multidisciplinary team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) which undertook a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Syria crisis on the agriculture sector, agricultural-based livelihoods, and the food and nutrition security in the Near East Region and, in particular, its influence on markets and trade routes, restrictions of imports and export flows, cross-border agricultural commodity/input supply flow, prices and livelihoods”.

The main output of the analysis is a comprehensive document that: (i) identifies the major impacts of the Syria crisis on the agriculture sector, and on the food and nutrition security of neighbouring countries (i.e. Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey); and (ii) presents the immediate and medium-term needs related to food and nutrition security and agricultural-based livelihoods of displaced people, returnees, host communities and other vulnerable groups in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey through the development of regional and national response plans for the crop and livestock subsectors.

The mission took place from 4–22 February 2013,