This project is a part of ROSS Emergency Program "Emergency Initiative for Rehabilitation, Occupation, Services and Development".
Start Date : March 2007
Duration : From 22-Mar-2007 to 21-Mar-2008
Total Project Value : 446,965.00 €
Objective
Favor the rapid restart and improvement of the agricultural production of women heads of family, of women cooperatives and of women micro-entrepreneurs in the areas affected by the war and their strengthening as subjects for social promotion and local development in the intervention areas.
Expected Results
Approx. 139 women and the officials of the municipalities (Ain Ebel, Qaouzah, Hermel, Debaal, Jouar el Hachich, Kouakh, Qasr - Fissane, Rmaych) have received technical training for better usage of the resources of the territory;
2 cooperatives of women farmers (40 people) have
restarted their productive activities;
77 women heads of family have obtained the means
to improve their food production capacities for own use;
20 women active in micro-enterprise have restarted
the activities interrupted for the war;
The women involved in the project create among
them a “network” for the exchange of experiences and for
the relations with local public institutions.
Source : Embassy of Italy in Beirut
- Agricultural Cooperative Association In Deir Qanoun El Ain - UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
- Project "Recovery and strengthening of productive and income generating activities in favor of the populations of Chouwaghir, Hermel and the North of the Valley of Beqaa"
- Project for supporting the micro and small agricultural producers of Lebanon
- Project "Environmental and productive rehabilitation in the zootechnical sector in the Caza of Tyr"
- Young Men’s Christian Association’s Integrated Rural Development Program in Lebanon (1997/2000)
The cooperative of Deir Qanoun El Ain (Kaza of Tyr, South-Lebanon) started in 1998 as an initial idea between twelve women to start producing nutritive and healthy food for their families in their homes. The women took the initiative to contact the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) and asked for trainings on food production. With time, the women attended food exhibitions and realized that they had the potential to participate in such events.
This project is a part of ROSS Emergency Program "Emergency Initiative for Rehabilitation, Occupation, Services and Development". Its objectives is the restoring of the agricultural sectors (fish, cattle and bees) particularly significant in the Kaza of Hermel.
This project is a part of ROSS Emergency Program "Emergency Initiative for Rehabilitation, Occupation, Services and Development". Its objectives is to supporting the micro and small agricultural producers of Lebanon by favoring the marketing of their products on the local market.
This project is a part of ROSS Emergency Program "Emergency Initiative for Rehabilitation, Occupation, Services and Development". Its objectives is the restoration of the agricultural and zootechnical of the Kaza of Tyr (sour) (Qana), with particular attention to environmental issues.
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA Lebanon) Integrated Rural Development Program in Lebanon is a three-year project beginning October 1, 1997 and ending September 30, 2000. The goal of the YMCA Integrated Rural Development Program in Lebanon is to promote stability and sustainable socio-economic development in targeted clusters of remote rural villages in Lebanon.
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