UN Women lauds food security project funded by Japan

AMMAN —UN Women and FAO organised an award ceremony on Monday recognising the work of community based organisations in Hobras village in Irbid, some 80km north of Amman, in the implementation of the project "Promoting Rural Women’s Food Security in Jordan", according to a UN Women statement.

Under the $1.26 million grant, funded by the Japanese government, the project aims at supporting vulnerable Jordanians and Syrian refugees living in rural areas of Jordan’s host communities to meet their food security needs, while also bolstering the role and conditions of women working in the agricultural sector, the statement said.

A total of 555 women were trained on farming and using agricultural tools to sustain the food security of their families, benefiting 1,520 households (876 Jordanians, 644 Syrian refugees).