A Bonus on Every Ton
President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued Decree No. 120 of 2026 on Thursday, 21 May 2026, granting wheat farmers an additional payment for crop delivered to the state. Under the decree, every farmer who hands wheat to the Syrian Grain Corporation receives an incentive reward of 9,000 new Syrian pounds (SYP) for each ton supplied.
The bonus is separate from, and paid on top of, the purchase price already approved by the Ministry of Economy and Industry. It applies to the 2026 wheat season.
How the Payment Works
The decree sets the reward at a flat rate tied to volume: the more wheat a farmer delivers to the state grain agency, the larger the bonus received. The payment is calculated per ton and added to the standard procurement price rather than replacing it.
Article 2 of the decree directs the Minister of Economy and Industry to issue executive instructions detailing how the reward will be disbursed. Those instructions will define the procedures for paying farmers.
Encouraging Deliveries to the State
The measure is framed as an incentive: by raising the effective return on wheat sold to the Syrian Grain Corporation, it aims to draw a larger share of the harvest into official channels.
Wheat is a strategic crop for domestic bread supply, and the volume reaching state silos shapes how much subsidized flour the government can distribute. A higher payout narrows the gap between the official procurement price and what private traders or cross-border buyers may offer, reducing the incentive to sell the crop outside state channels.
What Comes Next
The decree took effect on issuance and was ordered published for implementation. The practical rollout now depends on the executive instructions from the Ministry of Economy and Industry, which will set payment timelines and documentation requirements. The reward is fixed in the new Syrian pound, the currency now in official use.
For farmers, the immediate signal is a fixed 9,000-pound premium per ton, applied across the current harvest as deliveries to the Syrian Grain Corporation get under way.