Area of work

The project works towards achieving increased crop yields per unit of irrigation water used over time and improved income generation and employment in Assiut, Sohag and Qena Governorates through the promotion of: (i) tested and validated land use consolidation (LUC) approaches, modern irrigation technologies and climate-smart water management (CSWM) practices to men and women smallholder farmers affected by increasing water shortages, soil infertility and plant pests and diseases; and (ii) micro and small agrifood enterprises (MSEs) adding value to and marketing surplus irrigated food production.

Expected results (outputs)

1. Suitable modern irrigation technologies and CSWM practices for replication and up-scaling after piloting across different agro-ecologies of Assiut, Sohag and Qena Governorates.
2. Vulnerable smallholder men and women farmers adopting and practicing modern irrigation technologies and CSWM practices and good agricultural practices (GAP) principles under communitybased and participatory LUC schemes for sustainably increasing horticultural and fi eld crop production while using water more effi ciently.
3. Gender-responsive value chains approach is adopted to support the supply of modern irrigation equipment and CSWM inputs and marketing of irrigated horticultural and fi eld crops and processed agrifood products.
4. An enabling environment created among approximately benefi ciaries and institutional stakeholders at community, district, governorate and national levels for the promotion of collective farming systems and modern irrigation techniques through participatory farmer fi eld school (FFS) approaches and enhanced value chains.

Contacts

Saad AlHousali

Project Manager, International Programme Specialist