The inception workshop took place in Cairo on 24th June 2019. The workshop was Organized by GEMAISA team,in collaboration with the Central Administration of Foreign Agricultural Relations of the MALR, with the participation of women beneficiaries from El Fayoum and Sohag Governorates. the event was aimed at officially presenting the project to the mainstakeholders. The participants included representatives of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, of several MALR bodies – such as the Agriculture Research Center  the Agricultural Extension Sector, the Executive Agency for...

Participatory action research (PAR) is a methodology that allows the beneficiaries of a project, along with other key stakeholders, to carry out a research by and on themselves. In GEMAISA, with the support of Le9 Association, we adopt this methodology to  (1) ensure a thorough understanding of rural women’s problems;  (2) understand the root causes of the barriers that they face according to the multiple roles that they play, in particular in at value chain level;  (3) identify resources to improve their situation as well as the support that can come from key stakeholders...