Egypt: Pro-poor Horticulture Value Chains in Upper Egypt
JOINT PROGRAMME QUICK FACTS
Total Budget $7,500,000
Delivery Rate
Participating Agencies ILO, UNDP, UNIFEM, UNIDO
Main Achievements
- Productivity of farmers in Upper Egypt improved; three field offices established to support and build capacity of farmers' associations.
- Business company (Goodies for Agricultural Investment) established to support small and medium farmers.
Egypt’s recent economic growth has not been pro-poor. Poverty has expanded, especially in rural Upper Egypt which is facing two mutually reinforcing problems: overall efficiency of the value chain and marginalization of the majority of small landholders.
The programme seeks to promote viable equitable partnerships between small farmers and private sector investors in efficient pro-poor horticulture value chains in 3 locations in Upper Egypt, through these outcomes: A) Small farmers and agricultural workers equitably integrated into domestic and international value/supply chains of horticultural products through enhanced efficiency, productivity and viable business partnerships with private sector investors. B) Entrepreneurial forms of organization established by small farmers. C) Policy and regulatory changes to promote pro-poor private sector-based growth in Upper Egypt's horticultural sector identified and discussed with GOE.