Improved rural women nutrition in Egypt

The project works to improve equitable access to gender-sensitive and nutritious food for populations from ten of the poorest villages in the Minya Governorate affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Project activities include: (1) reducing COVID-19 related barriers to carrying out smallholder horticultural production and agro-food processing activities and enhancing food system resilience during the COVID-19 crisis as well as present environmental and future climate change challenges; (2) providing rural women of different ages and socio-economic groups as well as their households and communities with improved access to efficient climate-smart agriculture practices and technologies; and (3) providing technical and financial support for the establishment or strengthening of agri-food enterprises in the horticulture value chain.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) improved equitable access to nutritious food for populations affected by COVID-19 particularly for rural women and youth in Minya Governorate; (2) reduced barriers to agricultural production and agro-processing activities caused by COVID-19 particularly for rural women and youth in Minya Governorate; and (3) strengthened resilience of the food system to the current and future environmental challenges of climate change.