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Minya Agricultural Development Project
The project aimed to strengthen the Minya governorate’s extension and research services to increase the crop and livestock production of 115,000 small-scale farming households. The project set up 20 chicken-rearing units and distributed vaccinated birds to small-scale poultry producers, especially women. In addition, it established a feed mill and mixing plant and provided support to the Vaccine Production Centre for the production of pathogen-free eggs. The project also supported artificial insemination services for cattle and buffalo, as well as improved animal health services. Credit was granted to small farmers for farm mechanization. The project’s “training and visiting“ system has been adopted by the government as a model to be followed in other governorates.
Source: IFAD
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Mr Abdelhami Abdouli
Country programme manager
IFAD
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 0654592248
Fax: +39 0654593248
a.abdouli@ifad.org |
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Total
cost: US$47.8 million
IFAD loan: US$25.0 million
Duration: 1983-1999
Geographical
area: Minya governorate
Directly benefiting: 115,000 small-scale farm
households
Status: closed
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