Supporting small farmers in Aleppo and Idleb (Green land) In order to support the small farmers, IHR aims through this project to support both local and IDP's, men and women farmers on two levels, the level of providing inputs, and the level of giving the right information to them through the field visits and awareness raising sessions. Covering 6 different locations, IHR will target at minimum 965 beneficiaries (local and IDP's) with Winter agricultural inputs' vouchers (seeds, fertilizers, tools, cash for cultivation) and irrigation cash coupons to support farming, from 0.5 and up to 5 Donums of their lands, the total value of the aid provided will be calculated based on the number of Donums the beneficiary has but will up to 5 donums even if the beneficiary has more, it is worth to be mentioned here that only people who have 10 donums or less are eligible to apply for the aid.

The selected male and female beneficiaries also will benefit from periodical visits to their field to provide them consultation they need. Moreover, in the second part of the project, there will be public sessions for another 600 beneficiaries to address the modern methods in agriculture and best practices, we can say from a previous experience that we have to focus on short specific sessions addressing specific topics that the attendees ask for. this will make the sessions conducted successfully even though the attendees are from the people who did not receive in-kind or cash aid from us.

 In general, our objective is to enhance the agriculture on individual and community levels, we will make sure that we are giving the farmer the maximum flexibility to get what he/she need by letting them choose what they need according to the land size from the in-kind items available, winter seeds (Broad Bean, Pea, Onion, Garlic, Chard, Spinach, Lettuce, Parsley, Radish, Garden Cress, Arugula, Mint), Fertilizer ( Urea, superphosphate, compound) and tools and Tools ( knapsack sprayer, Agricultural Shovel, Plastic long shoes,  Hoe), The modality of the cultivation aid provided will be cash for cultivation as they may hire workers for this purpose or they may hire a plow, the total amount of each voucher depends on how many donums will be supported (from 0.5 to 5), here I would highlight that the unit used in the BOQ to measure the amount of (Fertilizers, seeds, cultivation, irrigation) provided is HALF DONUM while an estimated value of the tools will be added for all the beneficiaries regardless the size of land, therfore the total amount of the inputs' voucher will be calculated as follows:

The estimated cost of (fertilizers, seeds, cultivation) for 0.5 donum * (2* Number of donums supported) + one tool for each beneficiary

so based on the BOQ attached, here is below the calculation of the voucher value for a beneficiary owns 5 donums

10$ * (2 * 5 donum) + 15$ = 115 $

in terms of irrigation, there will be irrigation cash coupons distributed to all the 965 beneficiaries to support their farming, we have intent to make it a cash coupon since the irrigation modality is different from one place to another and we want to respond to the need in the most flexible modality.


The irrigation cash coupon value will be calculated as:
The estimated cost of irrigation for 0.5 donum * (2 * Number of donums supported)

2.5$ * (2 * 5) = 25$


The total amount of aid received by a beneficiary owns 5 donums = the value of agricultural inputs voucher + the value of irrigation cash coupon
Total aid for 5 donums = 115$ + 25$ = 140$