Farmer Field Schools in the Fayoum, Egypt

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39177 The goal of this project is “to improve the livelihood of the rural population in El Fayoum Governorate”. The specific objectives are: (1) To support and strengthen the position of men and women in Fayoum through direct access to information about economic, agricultural, social and environmental issues. (2) To develop and implement ‘broad context’ FFSs at the governorate level. (3) To develop an informed strategy for mainstreaming gender in the institutional set-up and activities of the project. (4) To promote the adoption of the participatory FFS in more governorates. (5) To develop, at farmers’ level, a sustainable system of information supply on all topics affecting their livelihood. Services provided e following activities are to be carried out by the consultants: 1.1 Develop FFS curricula reflecting the needs of the Fayoum rural population (human development). 1.2 Build the capacity of facilitators, farmer facilitators and local resource persons. 1.3 Build up a network of local service providers. 1.4 Broaden the network of organizations working in related activities. 1.5 Integrate gender issues into the training of facilitators and into the curricula of the FFS. 1.6 Build and expand databases. 2.1 Implement around 1200 FFSs, with special emphasis on schools for women. 2.2 Network with relevant stakeholders (ministries, NGOs) and donors (national and international). 2.2 Implement a substantial set of community activities in the field of gender issues, environment, health, literacy, joint marketing and communal cooperation. 3.1 Train project staff, facilitators and collaborators on gender mainstreaming techniques. 3.2 Review earlier gender analyses and update wherever relevant. 3.3 Continuously assess gender-related bottlenecks for development. 3.4 Uphold gender equality during recruitment activities for project core team and facilitators. 3.5 Design an M&E system which is gender-sensitive and collect gender-sensitive information about the target group. 4.1 Advocate the replication of the FFS approach in other governorates. 4.2 Network with relevant stakeholders (ministries, NGOs) to discuss extension methodologies and to arrive at joint activities in the field of the FFS approach. 4.3 Promote, in collaboration with the cooperative movement, viable (partial) cost recovery mechanisms to reduce the running cost of FFSs. 5.1 Collaborate with farmer associations in the field of information supply, especially with regard to development of marketing strategies. 5.2 Promote an active role of the information centre of the Fayoum Agriculture Directorate. Government of the Netherlands, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Africa

BMB Mott MacDonald: € 2,962,000, Partner(s): € 491,000

Egypt

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As part of previous support of the Netherlands to the agriculture sector in Egypt, the Fayoum Integrated Pest Management Project (FIPMP) was implemented in Fayoum Governorate from 2001 to 2007. A part of the information and knowledge generated by the FIPMP relates to the implementation of the Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach. As a result of the successful implementation of this approach in Fayoum, a need was felt to maintain the FFS as an innovative, inexpensive and effective instrument for change at rural level in Egypt. Therefore, in this project the FFS approach will be used to tackle a broad set of human development issues of direct relevance to the poor farming communities (and women in particular) in Fayoum, which is in line with the new direction of the Netherlands assistance to Egypt.

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Consultancy services (gender, human development, social-economic issues, sustainability, etc.) to promote “Farmer Field Schools” in the Fayoum Governorate January 2008 - April 2011 farmer-field-schools-in-the-fayoum-egypt Cairo Farmer Field Schools in the Fayoum, Egypt

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