LVD - Agricultural Support Centers for Women
Description What is done in the programme or project and why, what results are pursued, who benefits from the activities and who are involved in the implementation.
Agricultural Service Centers is a 24-months long intervention to improve the socio-economic well-being of women in the rural Egyptian Governorate of el-Minya. The action is built upon a tried and tested model first initiated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in 1989 under the title of “Farmer Field Schools” and is in favor of empowering local communities through group-based experiential learning processes that enable participants to make their own locally specific decisions about farm management practices. Not only is the outcome ecologically beneficial, it also encourages self-development among participants who begin to appreciate the autonomy accorded to them through empowerment. Our Agricultural Service Center thus goes beyond the mere provision of on-farm training and advisory services to include within their purview the delivery of basic literacy, numeracy, and life skills trainings to endow women with the necessary competencies for success in life. Finally, an outreach and advocacy effort will run concurrent to the economic empowerment and personal development track to encourage open-minded members of the community to take a more proactive stance to dismantling the obstacles standing between impoverished women and prosperity. The duration of the project work plan is 24 months. The project is in progress. It has been approved and is partially funded by the European Aid. The cooperation of the Finnish embassy is sought for the 2nd year which is starting May 2014 till April 2015.
Objectives monitored by OECD's Development Assistance Committee The OECD Development Assistance Committee monitors the use of development cooperation appropriations and has defined development objectives. The attainment of these objectives is followed by collecting information. A programme or a project may also have objectives that are not included in the objectives monitored by the Committee and that are not listed here.
- Gender equality
- Participatory development/Good governance
Field of activity The field of activity defines in which field of activity a programme or a project is implemented. A programme or a project may also operate in more than one field of activity.
- Democratic participation and civil society 20%
- Women’s equality organisations and institutions 40%
- Food crop production 40%
Special target group A special target group is a vulnerable group of people susceptible to exclusion or discrimination whose position the programme or project will improve.
- women
Funding channel Funding for the activities of a programme or a project is channelled through a funding channel. In development cooperation projects, the funding channel may be, for instance, an organisation that implements the project in full or in part, or the Embassy of Finland in the target country that channels the funds to a local organisation implementing the project.
Life Vision for Development
Contact Additional information about a programme or a project is provided by the relevant unit at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Code for the object of funding The ID code of a programme or a project in the Ministry’s case management system.
14208022
ID The ID code of a programme or a project in the Ministry’s case management system.
UHA2014-013108
Modified The date when the information was last revised.
2017-10-17 00:00:00.0