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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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