Geographic Area:

Entire Egypt

Area of Development:

Social and human development

Sector:

Rural development

Executive body:

DGCS

Institutional counterpart:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Other funding parties:

Egyptian Government

Beneficiaries:

Rural communities

Period of implementation:

2003 - 2005

Amount and nature of the funds:

1,421,000 € grant through the debt swap

Type of intervention:

Capacity building, training

Objective:

Improving agricultural production

Description of the project:

The project intends to connect the research realm, private companies, institutions and individual farmers and breeders through a network allowing a qualitative continuous exchange of information in the field of agricultural and breeding development, proposing new technologies and spreading the relevant know-how.