Micro-Finance in the Dry Areas: a Case Study in Syria

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cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.countrySYen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Asiaen_US
cg.subject.agrovoctechnologyen_US
dc.creatorICARDA, Communication Teamen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-29T09:46:19Z
dc.date.available2018-01-29T09:46:19Z
dc.description.abstractLack of finance is often the key barrier to technology adoption by small-scale farmers. This is particularly true in dry areas, where many poor households, lacking income, assets or access to credit, are unable to invest in improved farming technologies or alternative livelihood options. Micro-finance, or the provision of small loans without collateral, provides these households the initial support they need to adopt new options to improve crop/livestock productivity and incomes. This study examines a UNDP-funded micro-finance project in the Jabel al Hoss in Syria, a drought-prone area with high levels of poverty and illiteracy. The study was conducted jointly by ICARDA, UNDP, and the Syrian Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, with funding from the Swiss Development Agency.en_US
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dc.identifierhttps://apps.icarda.org/wsInternet/wsInternet.asmx/DownloadFileToLocal?filePath=Impact_Policy_Briefs/Micro-finance_in_the_dry_areas.pdf&fileName=Micro-finance_in_the_dry_areas.pdfen_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/ZyVcem9E/v/74c036f1f04d13abfb0e76fd82a8511ben_US
dc.identifier.citationCommunication Team ICARDA. (23/1/2007). Micro-Finance in the Dry Areas: a Case Study in Syria. Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/7739
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)en_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dc.subjectmicro-financeen_US
dc.titleMicro-Finance in the Dry Areas: a Case Study in Syriaen_US
dc.typeBriefen_US
dcterms.available2007-01-23en_US
dcterms.issued2007-01-23en_US
icarda.series.nameFactsheeten_US
icarda.series.number1en_US

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