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Project Details

Improving health, environmental, and economic conditions by recycling agricultural waste in the villages of Zagazig

Agricultural waste recycling to improve health, environmental and economic conditions

Grantee: Shabab El Sharqia Association for Development

Start Date: 3/2020

End Date: 12/2021

Objectives:

Training farmers to recycle agricultural waste to improve health, environmental and economic conditions in three local units in Zagazig Center in Sharkia Governorate.

Accomplishments:

Collecting and producing 300 tons of agricultural waste and converting it into compost and marketing it.
Training of 60 farmers to recycle agricultural waste and turn it into high quality organic fertilizer.
Training 40 students at the Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, Zagazig University, to launch small projects through the recycling of agricultural waste.
Implementation of 5 seminars and 3 seminars to raise awareness of farmers and the people of the targeted villages of the importance of benefiting from agricultural waste and converting it into products of economic value.
Printing 1,000 brochures for the project and distributing them in the targeted villages to show how to make use of agricultural waste.
Protecting the environment from the products of burning agricultural waste, by utilizing and recycling it.

Communities:

The villages of 3 local units in the center of Zagazig (Shobak Basta, Al-Aslouji, Bani Amer)

Partners:

The Environmental Affairs Agency in Sharqia, Zagazig University, agricultural associations in the targeted villages, the Specific Union for Family, Maternity and Childhood Welfare in Sharqia, the Egyptian Association for Integrated Solutions, Development and Training

Beneficiaries: 100 beneficiaries directly through agricultural waste recycling, 11 youth benefited from job opportunities in the project, and 2,000 beneficiaries indirectly

Project Information

State:
Al Sharqia
Areas of Work:
Climate Change