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SYRIA 2025. Farmers in Syria face dry winter season

4 November 2025. Salameya, the Syrian Arab Republic. Farmer Abdulla Al Derzi stands on his dry land in Al Salameya, Hama Governorate, hoping to plant winter crops that could provide income for his family.

11/04/2025

Country or Territory Syria

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Background Information The vulnerable farmers across the Syrian Arab Republic have faced this year the most severe drought for four decades, affecting harshly their winter crop production (2024-25: wheat, barley and other) by more than 50 percent decline comparing to pre-crisis levels. Now that farmers are preparing for cultivation season 2025-26, they worry about lower rates of rainfall and limited access to water resources, forcing them to either seek costly alternatives to save their only source of livelihoods, or to abandon farming activities to find any other work opportunities.