Improving Farming Agriculture in South Lebanon

In the summer of 2006 Lebanon was severely affected by a war that was mostly waged in the South. The damage to the infrastructure and economy was significant. This also significantly affected the local population’s livelihood.
RMF and its partners designed and implemented a project in the South of Lebanon aimed at improving the milk and olive oil sector, to boost incomes and improve livelihoods.
This was achieved through a variety of different activities, including:
• Re-operating a milk center in Al Kheyam, by rehabilitating it, and providing financial support to cover operating costs.
• Construction of an Olive Press in Yarin with a capacity of 500kg/hr
• Organizing a system of refrigerated milk collection, through the distribution of individual and collective tanks between more than 250 breeders in the target areas
• Seminars regarding the importance and role of Cooperatives (management, accounting, marketing, olive pressing, packaging and stocking)
• Establishment of 4 “pilot orchards” serving as demonstration plots for olive growers.
These are only a sample of the activities implemented, and served to ensure sustainability of results post-project.