Issued as part of the FAO's coordinated global coin program, which enlisted dozens of national mints throughout the 1970s to produce commemorative circulation pieces promoting food security and agricultural development. Syria's participation reflected Ba'athist agricultural policy rhetoric of the period — land reform had been a central plank of the party since the 1963 coup, though results on the ground remained deeply uneven.
Issued as part of the FAO's coordinated global coin program, which enlisted dozens of national mints throughout the 1970s to produce commemorative circulation pieces promoting food security and agricultural development. Syria's participation reflected Ba'athist agricultural policy rhetoric of the period — land reform had been a central plank of the party since the 1963 coup, though results on the ground remained deeply uneven.