Agriculture Promotion Strategy 2010 - 2014. Country/Territory Lebanon Document type Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Forestry, Land & soil, Cultivated plants, Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Agricultural development Agricultural land Biodiversity Credit Crops/grasses Desertification Disasters Drainage/land reclamation Farming Financial agricultural measures Governance Integrated management Internal trade International trade Irrigation Monitoring Poverty Protection of environment Public health Rural youth Smallholders/peasants Soil pollution/quality Subsidy/incentive Sustainable development Pollution control Soil conservation/soil improvement Marine fisheries Agricultural commodities Food security Packaging/labelling Nutrition Traceability/product tracing Vending Food quality control/food safety Forest management/forest conservation Protection forest Range Animal health Animal production Quarantine Rural employment Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Sustainable use Ecosystem preservation Geographical area Mediterranean, Middle East, NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, Western Asia Entry into force notes 2010 - 2014. Abstract This Agriculture Promotion Strategy is a nationwide sectoral document aiming at carrying out a radical evaluation of the components of the agricultural sector in order to proceed to its development, in addition to providing the appropriate institutional framework and focusing on the quality of growth and development issues that benefit people and their living conditions. The concept of agricultural sector development is based on the following dimensions: (i) economic, to provide agricultural products that meet an adequate part of the internal demand and have a competitive capacity; (ii) environmental, through an increased attention to natural resources, their preservation, rational use, pollution control, and the focus on developing healthy agriculture that takes into account the environmental balance and the health aspects of the human being; (iii) social, promoting an agricultural sector and rural development that contributes to achieving a balanced development between regions, combating poverty and malnutrition, providing the concept of food security in terms of quantity, quality and prices, reducing rural exodus, and enhancing the role of women and youth in rural development. The main objectives of the Strategy are as follows (i) update the issuance of the necessary legislation; (ii) develop the structure and the role of the Ministry of Agriculture and coordinate it with the public, private and national sectors; (iii) modernize agricultural infrastructure and raise the efficiency of using natural resources; (iv) activate the agricultural extension; (v) activate control over agricultural products and inputs, forests, and marine fishery, and hunting; (vi) develop production chains, improving its quality, and activate manufacturing, marketing, and export; (vii) establish programs and credit mechanisms for medium and small projects; and (viii) preserve natural resources, such as soil, forests, biological diversity, regulate marginal land use, pastures, and fisheries. Full text Arabic Website fapda.apps.fao.org