| Project Detail |
Poverty levels among the rural and war-stricken areas of Lebanon are high, with the hilly areas being the hardest hit. The project thus aims at raising agricultural productivity in these areas by carrying out a water and soil conservation development component that will excavate around 30 ponds and reservoirs, as well as five lakes with a total storage capacity of 1.5 million m3. Works will include: construction of irrigation networks; building of supplemental earth/concrete reservoirs; provision of technical support to small farmers; establishment of grading and packing, as well as refrigerated storage facilities; establishment of a scheme where local producers can purchase reasonably-priced inputs such as fruit trees, seeds and fertilizers. Some 24,000 households are expected to benefit from the project. |
