MSDThe Syrian Ministry of Economy and Industry recently has announced that the wheat procurement price for the 2026 agricultural season has been set at 46,000 new Syrian pounds per ton. This decision has sparked widespread dissatisfaction among farming and agricultural communities, particularly in the regions of northeastern Syria, which remain the backbone of Syria’s agricultural production and food security. Over the past years, North and East Syria have served as the country’s primary agricultural hub and have played a major role in securing food supplies for Syrians despite ongoing crises and difficult conditions.
The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) expresses its strong opposition to this unfair pricing policy, which does not reflect the actual production costs faced by farmers. These costs have increased significantly due to rising fuel prices, seeds, fertilizers, transportation expenses, and irrigation costs, in addition to the severe impact of drought and the continued decline in government support for the agricultural sector in recent years.
Implementing such an unjust pricing policy against agricultural producers reflects the continuation of a centralized economic approach. This approach fails to take into account social justice or the need for balanced development across Syria’s regions. It also highlights economic policies that do not recognize agriculture as a strategic sector directly linked to food security and national stability. Instead, agriculture is treated through a narrow administrative and profit-oriented approach. This perspective overlooks the importance of supporting producers and protecting farming communities.
At a time when Syrian farmers urgently need meaningful support policies that strengthen their resilience and help them remain on their land, these decisions instead push them toward further marginalization and financial hardship. Such measures threaten the future of Syria’s agricultural sector and weaken the foundations of the country’s food security.
Establishing a fair national economic policy requires moving toward a development model that supports the community economy and local production. It also calls for empowering productive communities to manage their resources in a democratic and equitable manner that promotes sustainable development and balanced growth across all Syrian regions.
The SDC reaffirms its full solidarity with Syrian farmers. It urges the immediate reconsideration of the wheat pricing policy in order to guarantee a fair and reasonable price. This wheat procurement price should take production costs into account and provide farmers with a sustainable profit margin that preserves their dignity and encourages continued agricultural production.
The SDC also advocates for the adoption of a transparent and sustainable national agricultural policy based on supporting productive regions, securing agricultural supplies, and protecting farmers’ rights. This policy should move away from monopolistic practices and centralized economic decisions imposed without genuine participation. Such practices continue to deepen Syria’s economic and social crises.
Furthermore, the SDC emphasizes that achieving economic justice requires adopting a decentralized system. This system should guarantee the fair distribution of national resources and wealth. It should also grant productive regions a meaningful role in managing their own economic and development affairs. Such an approach would strengthen national stability and reinforce genuine partnership among all Syrians.
Defending farmers and protecting their rights is ultimately a defense of Syria’s future, its food security, and the right of its people to live with dignity and social justice. Supporting Syrian farmers and national production is therefore not merely an economic issue. It is also part of the broader struggle for stability, community self-governance, and the establishment of a democratic state that guarantees dignity and justice for all Syrians.
The continuation of Syria’s economic and humanitarian crises remains directly linked to the absence of political stability. It is also linked to the lack of a comprehensive national consensus regarding the nature of the state and the fair and balanced management of its resources.
In this context, the SDC stresses that rescuing the country from its accumulated crises and preventing renewed instability in Syria can only be achieved through launching a comprehensive political transition process in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254. This process requires the participation of all Syrians without exclusion. It should lead to the establishment of a democratic, pluralistic, and decentralized state based on equal citizenship, justice, and the rule of law.
The SDC also renews its call for a comprehensive Syrian national conference that would serve as the foundation for a genuine national partnership. It would pave the way for a fully inclusive transitional phase capable of addressing the country’s political, economic, and social challenges. This process would place Syria on the path toward a secure, stable, and modern future.
Syrian Democratic Council
May 19, 2026
