Disability is never an obstacle at farmer field schools
Channel: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date: 14/02/2024

It is a new career journey for Ahmad Al Nasser as a facilitator at one of FAO’s farmer field schools (FFS) in Ghor Elasi, Hama. Having special physical needs since his childhood because of polio has failed to make him unstoppable and he managed to become an experienced veterinarian, further enhancing his self-esteem. 

By becoming an FFS facilitator, Ahmad enjoyed sharing good agricultural practices through knowledge and carrying out experiments with 25 cattle keepers to improve livestock production. Among the FFS participants was Mohammad, a livestock keeper who also suffered from polio as a child. Mohammad found encouragement by attending Ahmad’s sessions and watching him regularly visit their farms to follow up and check the correct implementation of acquired practices. 

Within the framework of the Building Local Resilience in Syria (BLRS) project, FAO is implementing more than 370 FFSs to promote good agricultural practices (GAP) and climate smart agriculture (CSA) approaches for more than 9 200 farmers in five governorates: Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor, Hama, Homs, and rural Damascus. The BLRS project prioritizes women, youth, and persons with disabilities (PwDs). The schools will make farmers more resilient, productive, and aware of the best agricultural practices they might need.

Read the story here: https://www.fao.org/syria/news/detail-events/en/c/1675355/ 

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