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Enhancing resilience of rural women communities through the valorization of forest products تعزيز صمود مجتمعات النساء الريفيات من خلال تثمين المنتجات الحرجية

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) The overall aim of the project is to increase rural women’s engagement, enhance their income in forest products and to strengthen their skills. It will target 120 individual women in three Governorates (Ajloun, Al-Balqa and Jerash) with an estimated budget of USD 400 000 fully funded by FAO. The project is expected to achieve the several inputs including conducting gender-sensitive value chain mapping and analysis of the forest products, the project will also conduct a comprehensive capacity building program for 120 individual females, the capacity building will be followed by providing tool kits to support women through the granting scheme, finally the project will improve the access to market through the provision of Microfinance for entrepreneurs and establishing three agricultural fairs in the three targeted governorates, namely; Balqaa, Jerash and Ajloun. يهدف المشروع الى زيادة مشاركة المرأة الريفية وتمكين مهاراتها وتعزيز دخلها من خلال المنتجات الحرجية، حيث سيتم استهداف 120 امرأة في ثلاث محافظات أردنية -عجلون والبلقاء وجرش- بميزانية تقدر بأربعمائة ألف دولار أمريكي ممولة بالكامل من منظمة الأغذية والزراعة. من المتوقع أن يحقق المشروع العديد من المخرجات بما في ذلك إجراء تحليل لسلسلة القيمة للمنتجات الحرجية مع الأخذ بعين الاعتبار النوع الاجتماعي، كما سينفذ المشروع برنامجًا شاملاً لبناء القدرات الفنية والتجارية لـ 120 من الإناث ، وسيتبع بناء القدرات تزويد مجموعات من الأدوات لمساعدة المستهدفين لإنشاء مشاريع مدرة للدخل. وأخيراً سيحسن المشروع الوصول إلى السوق من خلال تسهيل الحصول على التمويل الأصغر لأصحاب المشاريع ومن خلال اقامة ثلاثة معارض زراعية في المحافظات الثلاث المستهدفة، وهي؛ البلقاء وجرش وعجلون.

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