The FAO Regional Initiative aims to promote sustainable small-scale agriculture in Egypt, focusing on inclusive development through various activities. Key initiatives for 2015 include enhancing productivity for small-scale farmers, reducing post-harvest losses, and adopting efficient pest management practices. The initiative also emphasizes empowering institutions and smallholders to support sustainable agricultural development and improve land use planning.

1. FAO Regional Initiative:
Sustainable Small-Scale Agriculture
for Inclusive Development
EGYPT
Pasquale Steduto
FAO representative for Egypt
Regional Meeting, Cairo, 2-3 March 2015

2. SSA activities undertaken in 2014
Dialogue initiated with MALR on the
‘cooperative reform’
Scaling up of the techniques tested by ICARDA:
• Integrated mechanized raised-bed production
package
• Small-scale Greywater System for Irrigation

3. SSA activities envisaged for 2015
Participation on the CIRAD studies on the typology of
small farmers
Continuation/completion of activities initiated in 2014
Close follow-up to the ‘1 Million feddan’ development
programme (1/3 of the surface dedicated to the youth
employment)

4. Proposals for implementation in 2015
1. Evidence-based policy and strategies to improve and enhance
the small-scale agricultural sector and related livelihood.
On-going activities/Next steps:
By December 2015:
 Assist small scale women and men producers to enhance productivity in
crop and livestock production
 Within the framework of the Global Strategy for Improving Rural and
Agricultural Statistics, develop methodologies for measuring post-harvest
losses
 Support to promotion and adoption of agroforestry, trees outside forests
and improving soil carbon sequestration for adaptation to climate change
 Study on soil carbon sequestration and crop residue management for
climate change mitigation/adaptation
 Food Losses and Waste - Reduction and Value Chain Development for
Food Security in Egypt and Tunisia
 Printing and distribution of FAO Technical Publication No. 589 in support of
small-scale aquaponic development (integrated fish and vegetable
culture)

5. 2. Sustainable improvement of productivity of small-scale
agriculture, aiming at youth inclusiveness in the agricultural sector
On-going activities/Next steps:
By December 2015:
 Support RNE countries for adoption and implementation of the
participatory extension as effective tool for IPM knowledge and skills
sharing
 Promote the cost-effective and safe alternatives pest management
practices against the key pests among the small scale farmers
 Integrated mechanized raised-bed production package
 Small scale grey-water system for irrigation
 Gender, socioeconomics, and Impact Assessment of water saving
technological solutions

6. 3. Empowerment of institutions and smallholders, through the
support to enabling environments for economically viable and
sustainable development in small-scale agriculture.
On-going activities/Next steps:
By June 2015:
 Support countries / institutions to build capacity to practice improved
land use planning at local and watershed level
By December 2015:
 Regional workshop to evaluate and enhance the IPM-FFSs experience in
the region to support small scale farmers in the region
 Empowerment of Institutions and small-holders: Cooperative Reform in
Egypt
 Training workshops in support of small-scale aquaponic development
(integrated fish and vegetable culture)

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