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Ministry of Agriculture
and Land Reclamation Desert Research Center
EGYPT
Matrouh Rural Sustainable Development Project
MARSADEV
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Donor: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs –
General Directorate for Cooperation Development
by Italian Food Aid Fund
with joint management Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Desert Research Centre CIHEAM – Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari in collaboration with
Agricultural Research Centre Egyptian Universities Italian Universities
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Contribute in improving rural sustainable development and natural resources management and conservation, breaking thus the vicious cycle of resource base degradation and rural poverty decline
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
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Support sustainable natural resource management in the dry land agro-pastoral areas
Improve agronomic practices to increase yields and
support sustainability Improve livelihoods and socio-economic conditions of
the rural Bedouin people and enhancing the role of women Improve technology transfer, research and innovation results and dissemination
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
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1 Land and Water improved
2 Agronomical aspects
3 Post harvest management
4 Gender condition improved
5 - Research and Knowledge Transfer
6 - Promotion and dissemination
Main activity of project
3 km of wadi / 270 cisterns
4 demo plot improved fig - olive management / 1
demo plot irrigation system / 9 key pest and diseases
identify / 56 training sessions orchard management /
Oil: 1 HACCP training / installation of new
mill machinery / 60 sample oil analysed /
40 beneficiary selected
1 MSc Land water resource
management activated at
CIHEAM-IAMB / 6 demo plots of
Quinoa
1 television interview / 17 Newsletters / 1 project Facebook web page /2 technical
visits In Italy /2000 Project brochures English and Arabic / 4 Workshops/ 100
participants to field days
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Main activities performed
during II year of the project
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1.1 Wadi rehabilitation (Wadi Al Kharouba)
1- Leveling
2- D
ikes
1- Land and Water improved
concrete dams (25,000 m3 of rain stored)
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1.1 Water harvesting (cisterns)
cistern from MARSADEV& SED
(increasing water storage capacity)
1- Excavations 2- Coatings
1- Land and Water improved
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1.3 Water capture
Semicircular constructed and planted
1- Land and Water improved
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1- Land and Water improved
N.1 hydro-agro system installed
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Irigation system installed
2- Agronomical aspects
1- Pipe Irrigation network (Rezk farm) 2- Drip Irrigation system (Wadi Al Kharouba)
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Improved fig & olive
management
Mass traps
Pruning
Injection
Composting
Organic Certification
2- Agronomical aspects
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40 farms with mass traps
4 plots under irrigation
8 demo plots with improved orchard management
4 compost piles 8 organic certifications
378 Feddan organic
26 trainings of BIO, IPM, Orchard management by
17 missions of Italian and Egyptian experts
120 field visit
2- Agronomical aspects
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Olives / Oil
New Olive harvesting
Equipment
Innovative olive
table processing
Rehabilitation
DRC Mill
3- Post harvest management implemented
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Figs Improvement
figs
packing
Technical
Assistant fig jam
3- Post harvest management implemented
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N. 4 full equipments for harvesting olives N. 1 rehabilitation of DRC mill
3 seminary on processing (olive table, jam,
packing
N 36 beneficiaries farmers from new olive
instruments (150 faddan)
N. 47 technicians participated in trainings
3- Post harvest management implemented
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4- Gender condition improved
N. 12 literacy classes Seminary session on Medical Care Seminary session on Veterinary Care
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4- Gender condition Improved
12 Literacy classes
5 seminary (Health , Hygienic , Food
Conservation, Nutrition, Animal Breeding
431 participants
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5- Research and Knowledge Transfer
N. 7 experimental field of quinoa N. 2 field introduction of new variety of vicia faba
Nodule
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5- Research and Knowledge Transfer
Characterization and mapping of local native plant species
Selection and mapping of native plant
Reproduction of native plants
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5- Research and Knowledge Transfer
N. 7 experimental field of quinoa
N. 2 field introduction of new variety of vicia faba
(fava been)
70 native plant seleceted and
mapping
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6 Promotion and dissemination activities 25 Press releases
27 news letter
2 interview Radio-TV
2 event held
6 workshops
20 Field days
520 total participation to
field days
3 brochures were printed (olive oil, olive
table ,compost, ),
13 technical visit in Italy
2 international conferences ( Thessaloniki,
Greece and London, UK )
1 scientific abstract on European
Geosciences Union in Vienna
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34 cistern + SED
23 faddan wadi rehabilitated
41 farms with mass traps
5 plots under irrigation
8 organic farming under processing
4 full equipments for harvesting olives
1 mill rehabilitated (DRC)
4 medical seminary- veterinary
12 literacy classes
7 experimental fields of quinoa
2 field introduction of new variety of vicia faba
Shukran, Grazie
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