Setting SAIL in Egypt for sustainable agricultural investments and with regulatory changes to benefit smallholders

From IFAD social reporting blog Tue Jul 8 2014, 12:39:00

by Abdelhaq Hanafi

Some 33 million people are estimated to be poor in Egypt, more than half of whom reside in rural areas whose main source of income and employment is derived from agriculture. A key sector in the Egyptian economy, agriculture provides livelihoods to 55% of the population, and directly employs about 30% of the labour force.



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