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FAO HELPING TO BUILD A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER

FAO HELPING TO BUILD A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER. FAO-MOA Damage and Early Recovery Needs Assessment. Preface. Hostilities 12 July – 14 August. 22 August MOA requested FAO to conduct damage assessment. Early September first FAO mission. 29 September extensive damage assessment FAO-MOA.

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FAO HELPING TO BUILD A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER

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  1. FAO HELPING TO BUILD A WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER

  2. FAO-MOA Damage and Early Recovery Needs Assessment

  3. Preface • Hostilities 12 July – 14 August. • 22 August MOA requested FAO to conduct damage assessment. • Early September first FAO mission. • 29 September extensive damage assessment FAO-MOA. • Late October Wrap up workshop. • Early November publication.

  4. Basic facts • Agriculture is the main source of income in the south of Lebanon. Itconstitutes 70% of the total household income in the southern gov. • Lebanon is 10 452 million km2. (1,045,200 ha.) • Agricultural land is 270 000 ha. • Agriculture represents 20 % of total export earnings. • Agriculture is a main source of sustainable household income in rural areas

  5. Assessment of damage and losses to crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry sectors • The war took place at the peak time for the harvest. • Impossible access to fields. • Restriction on movements. (US$ million)

  6. Agricultural Lands

  7. Impact on Agricultural Lands • Directly physical damage (US$ 232 m.) • Flow of fruit and vegetables to market reduced by three-quarters. • Farmers heavily indebted and unable to start the new cropping cycle due to lack of working capital • The heaviest direct damage occurred in the governorates of the South and Nabatiyeh. • The total financial losses in the two governorates amount to approximately US$94.458 million.

  8. Impact on Agricultural Lands(South and Nabatiyeh)

  9. According to MOA recent statistics, there are: Livestock Stockbreeders are 50% of the farmers in the affected areas

  10. Impact on Livestock • Financial loss of the livestock production sector is estimated at US$21.8 million.

  11. Impact on Livestock • The most damage is in southern Litani River; 1 500 of the total 3 050 dead animals. The geographical focus of the hostilities:

  12. Fisheries • Small scale fisheries • 7 800 tonnes/year fishing production (2004) • 1 000 tonnes/year aquaculture (mainly in Hermel) • 2 662 vessels in 44 ports • 6 500 fishermen, 29 cooperatives and 5 syndicates

  13. Impact on the Fisheries • Financial losses US $ 9.7 million • Quzaii port: 328 boats, auction hall and boat yard • Aabde port: cooperative auction hall and retail facilities • Hermel port: 300 tonnes of fish lost from the ponds

  14. Forestry • 23% of the surface of Lebanon • Around 139 376 ha of land and 108 380 ha OWL • Important natural resource • Pine and oak stands • Some income generating activities i.e. pine nuts, 2 600 plant species 212 of which are of economic value

  15. Impact on Forestry • US $ 15.9 million direct losses • South & Nabatiyeh: 834 ha of forests and OWL • Bekaa: 536 ha • Mount Lebanon: 70 ha 400 ha of trees partially affected by fire • North Lebanon: 85 ha

  16. Early Recovery proposed initiatives

  17. Strategic Approach While the overall agricultural sector is expected to bounce back quickly, this is not necessarily true for the livelihoods of the war-affected vulnerable rural households.

  18. Strategic Approach • Target the asset/harvest/income cycle. • FAO world-wide experience. • Socio-economic development of agricultural sector. • Improve the lives and livelihoods of the war-affected communities. • Cover minimum needs and resume activities. • Revision of actual assistance.

  19. Policy Direction • Basic early recovery needs. • Joint FAO-MoA assessment. • 12 months. • A base for a long terms development. • Parallel to de-mining activities of agricultural lands.

  20. Funding • Detailed funding requirements can be provided. • Status of projects at the LRF. • Funding through donors. • Coordination with donors.

  21. Objectives 1. Enable early recovery needs and relief. 2. Strengthen the national horticulture sector. • Training and capacity building. 4. Rehabilitate infrastructure through construction and provisions of equipment. 5. Forestry needs assessment.

  22. Early Recovery Needs • Provide crucial farm inputs. • Replacement of destroyed citrus, olives and banana orchards. • Restock and distribute livestock and birds. • Supplementary livestock feed and healthcare. • Artificial Insemination services. • Provide fish eggs and feed.

  23. National Horticulture Sector • Replacement of destroyed/damaged greenhouses tunnels. • Integration of IPM tactics. • Provide localized/adapted irrigation equipment.

  24. Training and Capacity Building • GAP. • IPM both in open-field crops and greenhouse crops. • Animal health, forage development, milk hygiene, milk processing and general farm management.

  25. Rehabilitation of Infrastructure • Replacement of destroyed/damaged greenhouses. • Provide localized/adapted irrigation equipment. • Provide women-headed households with equipment for milk handling, hygiene and milk processing. • Re-construct poultry houses. • Provide beehives to the war-affected beekeepers.

  26. Forestry • Assess, from satellite images, the exact locations and extent of impact to the forests and wooded lands. • Carry out rapid assessment, on the ground. • Prepare a comprehensive plan to provide assistance to the war-affected sector.

  27. THANK YOUANY QUESTIONS

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