FAO project "Improving the nutrition of Syrian refugees and host communities through garden walls", Lebanon
Akkar / Tripoli / Bekaa, Lebanon · Operator: 国連食糧農業機関（FAO）レバノン（事業コード OSRO/LEB/503/CHA）
Overview
An FAO project run from 15 September 2015 to 15 June 2016 under the constraint that the Lebanese government does not permit Syrian refugees to cultivate land. It deployed micro-gardens on the walls of dwellings for landless vulnerable households, with the stated objective of promoting diversified, quality food. The 170 direct beneficiaries across Akkar, Tripoli and the Bekaa comprised 76 vulnerable Lebanese and 94 displaced Syrians.
Citizen participation
The project targeted poor and vulnerable households in Akkar, Tripoli and the Bekaa, with 170 direct beneficiaries (76 vulnerable Lebanese and 94 displaced Syrians). It was designed so that landless households could grow vegetables themselves using wall space.
Operating model
A humanitarian project funded with USD 148,698 from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs through country-based pooled funds. It was not a revenue-generating operation but an emergency intervention with a fixed budget and period from the outset.
Impact
Its distinguishing feature is the design workaround — using wall space to sidestep a legal bar on cultivating land — and it is cited as a reference for similar refugee gardening projects. The project was, however, designed as a nine-month time-bound humanitarian intervention and closed with a final report at its end date of 15 June 2016. Its 170 beneficiaries were a small number against the displaced population in Lebanon at the time, and the underlying policy barring refugees from cultivating land was unchanged. Whether the wall gardens persisted after closure could not be confirmed from published sources.
Land tenure
The Government of Lebanon does not allow refugees to cultivate land, so the project used the walls of the households' dwellings instead of renting plots.
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
直接受益者170人（脆弱なレバノン人76人、避難シリア人94人）。壁面を使ったマイクロガーデンを配備する方式で、面積は公表資料から確認できなかった。
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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