Lebanon's Ministry of Agriculture has started handing out vegetable seedlings to farmers under a new project that will produce and distribute 1.5 million seedlings of different varieties. The project is run with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and funded by the German Government through KfW Development Bank.
The work falls under the Ministry's "Together for Food Security" campaign. Its goal is to lift local farm output, bring more land back into cultivation, and support farming families across the country.
How the seedlings are being shared out
The first phase covers 500,000 vegetable seedlings of different varieties. These are going to farmers in areas more than 500 meters above sea level, across several Lebanese governorates where the climate suits these crops this season.
The seedlings were grown at the Ministry of Agriculture's nursery in Abdeh, in Akkar. They are being given to farmers listed in the National Farmers Registry through the Ministry's agricultural centers, working with municipal unions and municipalities.
Where the money comes from
Germany is the largest single-country donor to Lebanon and puts significant money into food security and farming. The German Government has made 153.3 million euros in humanitarian and development aid available during 2026 to help people affected by war and displacement, according to UNDP.
The seedling project is one part of the Ministry's Agricultural Response and Recovery Plan, which is meant to restart the farming production cycle and get supplies to farmers hit by recent crises.
The bigger food security plan
The funding sits inside a wider UNDP project called "Improving Food Security in Lebanon through Revival of the Seed Production Value Chain at LARI." That program works to rebuild Lebanon's wheat seed production system, repair farm infrastructure, and strengthen the Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI) and the Ministry of Agriculture.
The Ministry said it plans to keep widening cooperation with international partners and donors, on the view that backing Lebanese farmers is a direct investment in the country's stability. The launch was marked on June 12, 2026.
