{"id":469,"date":"2021-10-14T11:03:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T10:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2022-06-10T13:20:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T12:20:11","slug":"ssrp-impact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/?page_id=469","title":{"rendered":"Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"alignwide has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Agricultural Voices Syria: closer to farmers, stronger for communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide is-light has-parallax\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-impact-page.jpg)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\">Following a successful launch in Northwest Syria, Agricultural Voices Syria (AVS) aims to become a communication platform for local and international actors in the field of food security.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A detailed communication strategy has been designed for future episodes to consolidate the role of AVS as an influential voice of farmers and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research team was awarded a grant funded by the <a href=\"http:\/\/sussex.ac.uk\/ssrp\/resources\/ssrpfunds\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"sussex.ac.uk\/ssrp\/resources\/ssrpfunds\">Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) Impact Fund<\/a> to consolidate AVS dissemination and to broaden its scope.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-1-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-1.jpg 1984w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to achieve these goals, three <a href=\"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/?page_id=472\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"472\">workshops<\/a> took place in Idlib and Azaz (Northwest Syria) and Gaziantep (Turkey) to bring together a broad range of actors, boost cooperation and identify synergy drivers for the implementation of sustainable agricultural practices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1417\" height=\"1418\" src=\"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-2-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-2-edited.jpg 1417w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-2-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-2-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-2-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-2-edited-768x769.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1417px) 100vw, 1417px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The podcast episodes have been supported with short videos to extend knowledge exchange and increase opportunities for farmers to engage directly with AVS producers. A flyer was distributed among agricultural pharmacies, local councils and other agricultural businesses in Northwest Syria.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/picture-3-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the conclusion of project activities, we prepared a policy brief to engage with key policymakers and organizations on topics covering the use of innovative social media such as podcasting to promote sustainable development in conflict zones and post-conflict countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project Agricultural Voices Syria won two impact\u00a0awards\u00a0which recognized the value of interdisciplinary research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agricultural Voices Syria: closer to farmers, stronger for communities A detailed communication strategy has been designed for future episodes to consolidate the role of AVS as an influential voice of farmers and communities. 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