AMMAN
— Minister of Agriculture Khaled Hneifat announced on Saturday the launch
of the financial grants and job opportunities program, according to Al-Ghad News.
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Hneifat
said that the program was launched through the “Madad” project, in cooperation
with the UN
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The EU sponsored the
program.
Hneifat
indicated that the FAO will carry out the project in cooperation with the
International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Program as
part of the project “to enhance the sustainable living and food security means
for hosting communities of the Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon by
enhancing the sustainable agricultural development.”
This
program will support modern irrigation and composting systems, fruits and
vegetable production, layering and mobilizing agricultural products, livestock
raising, milk production, and production of milk derivatives, agricultural and
other environmental activities. He added that the grants would include the
restoration of agricultural land and forest-related activities.
The grant
amount is estimated at $4,000 per farmer within the sectors in question while
creating five jobs per project for two months. With the presence of 1,500
workers in the project, the total cost of support for the project is $2.2
million.
Hneifat
noted that the ministry gave a special priority to gender equality and youth
empowerment and encouraged women, agricultural entrepreneurs, to apply for
these grants to expand the role of rural communities in the governorates, in
the agricultural sector, and to create jobs within the newly launched projects.
The
project also aims to replace migrant labor with local labor and attract
investments for the sector, which is considered the fuel for various industries
and an economical addition capable of assisting with problems of poverty and
unemployment.
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