Improve resilience and livelihood to farmers through supporting Wheat-Value-Chain at Al Rouj Valley, and food security to IDP’s residing in camps at Ma’aret Tmasreen This project support resilience at medium- and long-term at large scale for strategic wheat chain. Leading to the increase of the economical returns from this investment, leading to using the savings later by families (especially for children and women) for health, education, and their food supplies, to 500 vulnerable and small size farmers. Those 500 vulnerable he/she farmers from local communities or IDP’s including families headed by women and/or disabled, whom planted their land this season totaling 250 hectares in 2021/2022 season, will be selected to receive an agricultural basket which contain:75 kg for each farmer of N-fertilizer (applied at two phases, mid-February and March as recommended by FSL Cluster), cash voucher (50 $ /farmer) to harvest , will be distributed at the beginning of May and irrigation voucher(100 $/farmer) (selected farmers must have source of water) will be distributed at the beginning of February to be applied whenever there is rainfall shortage to be applied at tillering, stem elongation, flowering or milky stage upon the recommendation of Agriculture Engineers Experts. The agricultural baskets will be distributed at 8 affected villages at Al Rouj Valley and surroundings in Idleb(SY070000), Armanaz(SY070305), Ma’aret Tmasreen(SY070005) and Mhambel(SY070502) sub-district (Google map attached with yellow pins for the villages) using the following criteria to construct the beneficiaries’ list:
-Households (HH) who relies on agriculture as a source of income and show interest in this project and
its instruction, with access to 5 du whom planted wheat seeds in 2021 with Sham 7, or 1, Bohuth 9 or 5 for durum and Sham 4, 8, or 10, Bohuth 6, 8,or 10 for soft wheat varieties under irrigated conditions according to WFP/SPEG/GOSM, and will harvest the crop in May/June 2022.
- The selected farmer must have source of water to receive irrigation voucher.
- HH must not receive any agriculture support from other NGOs for this year.
In addition he/she should achieve one or more of the following criteria:
-HH headed by females with access to land, (up to 20% of the total beneficiaries) will be selected.
-HH having a person or more with special need.
-Large household with more than 5 individuals in the family.
-Vulnerable local resident and IDP’s households whom were affected by this conflict and crisis.
 400 Tons of wheat seeds will be purchased (after testing seed samples using Standard Operating Procedures before purchases) from local farmers whom were selected to receive this agriculture basket and will harvest their crop in June 2022 to support their wheat production and their income, hence support their resilience.
 400 Tons of wheat seeds (75%soft and 25%durum) will be stored at ICO warehouses under controlled conditions, and later will be sent to mills to produce 300 tons of flour that will be baked to distribute 675,000 bread bundles (2250 bundle/ton) to 3850 affected and vulnerable IDP families in 20 camps in rural Ma'rat Tmasreen up to 4 months including families headed by women and/or disabled. Bread distribution criteria will be: 1 to 3 individuals will receive one bread bundle (0.5 kg), 4 to 6 individuals will receive two bundles, 7 to 9 will receive three bundles and more than 10 will receive four bundles.