Project Title: IFEEL - Implementing community-based food security while enhancing the agricultural sector, protecting the environment, and adapting to climate change in Lebanon

Donor: The German Foundation for International Cooperation, funded by (BMZ), The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Objectives:

• Contributing to addressing the food security crisis through immediate support for the most vulnerable families through distribution of food supplies.

• Working to empower the agricultural sector towards sustainability through training courses and field work related to agriculture and the environment.

The activities:

• Securing direct support through food supplies (provisions/Mouneh), about 4,000 parcels each year.

• Developing and organizing a voucher for training program in return for a related to the subject of the training.

• Creating job opportunities for the neediest communities through cash-for-work activities.

• Developing and supporting farmer markets and creating new ones.

• Preparing a feasibility study for establishing an agricultural service center to support farmers and the development sector through supervision and training.

In numbers:

• 8000 food supplies (provision/Mouneh).

• 40,000 working days for about 500 beneficiaries.

• 52 villages/towns - training for about 1,088 beneficiaries (farmers and producers or those related to agriculture and production).

• Four regions (Shouf - Aley - West Bekaa - Zahle).

Duration: 24 months from December 2022 to November 2024