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ProjectBuilding Capacity of MOSS-Supported Beneficiaries in the Targeted Governorates through Stimulating Agriculture and the Agro-Food Value Chain - TCP/EGY/3804 2025
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No results found.Egypt faces significant food security challenges, particularly in Upper Egypt, where 49 percent of residents cannot cover their own basic needs. Most landowners possess less than one feddan, and financial support from the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS) has gradually become insufficient in meeting the basic needs of food-insecure residents due to rising food prices. In response, the MOSS sought FAO assistance to support the nationally led Fostering Opportunities in Rural Southern Areas (FORSA) project, which aimed to economically empower recipients of financial support and smallholders by transforming them into independent producers through various income-generating activities to enhance the agrifood value chain. The horticulture sector in Egypt remains highly fragmented. On one hand, large-scale farms, located in newly reclaimed desert areas, are highly productive, run by professionals, and equipped with modern facilities so that they meet international standards and have robust marketing connections. On the other, smallholders, who farm 90 percent of horticultural land, usually run small, fragmented plots and face numerous challenges such as a lack of planning and inadequate packing and storage facilities, leading to poor product quality and diminished market competitiveness. -
ProjectEnhancing Rice Value Chains in Côte d'Ivoire, United Republic of Tanzania and Philippines - GCP/GLO/229/ROK 2025
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Côte d'Ivoire, the Philippines, and the United Republic of Tanzania share common challenges that hinder the development of rice production and the entire rice value chain. These include low productivity of rice farms and lack of adequate technology and skills for rice processing, resulting in poor quality that reduces the competitiveness of local rice against imports. Other key challenges that constrain the development of the sector include inadequate and limited mechanization of rice value chain activities, inefficient production and provision of quality seeds and other inputs in sufficient quantities and in a timely manner, poor development and/or rehabilitation of rice lands, and lack of water control. Despite the challenges faced by these countries, some Asian countries have already demonstrated that with the right investments, policies and effective political will, accompanied by good agronomic practices and capacity-building activities, countries can increase their national rice production. To address these challenges, the project targeted the three countries mentioned above with the aim of improving rice value chains through South-South Cooperation. -
ProjectSupport to Income Creation in Mongolia (Secim): Improving Local Dairy Processing Through Promoting Women - TCP/MON/3606 2020
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No results found.Approximately 160 000 herder households in Mongoliaprocess milk from horse, cow, yak, camel and goats inisolated homesteads when nomadic camps are set up.These milk products are largely used at the household andlocal level. However, improving the quality and safety ofdairy products, as well as increasing their production,offers economic opportunities, particularly for womenfrom these rural communities. Notably, in many soums(districts), unemployment is high for women whoaccompany their children to school/education centres.Women are typically responsible for the preservation ofdairy products – they prepare a range of traditionalproducts, including yogurt, dried curds, fresh cheese andwhey, sour cream, cream, butter and fermented milk. Thelimited training available to these women and the generallack of innovation in dairy processing, however, meansthat these products are not up to date in terms of meetingfood standards, packaging and marketability. Additionally,the equipment, work space and storage methods used fordairy processing are suitable only for domesticconsumption. Hence, there is a requirement for improvingthe production and marketability of traditional dairyproducts. This can be achieved through the use of betterpractices in milk processing, dairy production andmarketing, as well as the introduction of higher qualityequipment and tools.
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