Lebanon

Projects Database / Strengthening the Dairy Channel in North Lebanon

Project ID
00059954

Background
The July 2006 war has resulted not only in major destruction of infrastructure and common services in the country but also led to huge economic losses particularly for the agricultural sector. Farmers were not able to harvest their produces due to the impossibility of harvesting as the war took place during the agricultural peak season, and the difficulty of marketing and selling fresh products. This has resulted in a decline in living conditions and loss of income and revenues for a significant group of the population in North Lebanon. It should be also noted that most of the population in North Lebanon relies on income from tourism related activities which were halted during the war and negatively affected afterwards.
Consequently, without this income and also due to the regional disparities highly observable in North Lebanon, numerous families live under the poverty line and have poor access to education and health services
The project consists of 3 main components.
- Implementation of a set of training sessions on norms of housing in dairy farming, cows feeding, cows management and manipulation, cows’ reproduction, milk quality, etc.
- Implementation of a set of training sessions on hygiene principles, production management, line of production per item, packaging, quality control, marketing
- Rehabilitation, upgrade and construction of 4 dairy units

The project targets breeders; small-scale SMEs, coops of breeders and municipalities which will directly benefit from the activities carried out under the project. Indirect beneficiaries include family of the direct beneficiaries. Spillover effects will benefit the entire local communities since additional income will be spent locally. The public at large will benefit from higher hygiene standards of both raw material and by-products.


Achievements & Expected Results
- Strengthen the recovery process through the creation of a technical committee consisting of various partners (UNDP, LARI, coops, milk collect centers directors, etc) in charge of the technical monitoring
- Restore rural households’ income through a recovery program aiming at overcoming agriculture losses
- Revitalize the breeding sector by enhancing linkages between stakeholders
- Enhance small scale dairy units by increasing their capacity of production and improving the quality of their production in a safe and healthy environment

Downloads 00059954 - 2008 Annual Report (131 KB) Project Document (3,169 KB)

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