Project
Promotion of an Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises and decent jobs for women and youth in the Agricultural Sector
Duration
1 January 2023 - 30 June 2024
Development partner(s)
Government of Japan
Reference
PSE/22/03/JPN
Location
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Project information
This project promotes inclusive markets and agricultural value chains that increase productivity and sustainable decent work opportunities for women and youth, particularly those with low incomes, in the Jordan Valley and Jericho.
Objectives
This project promotes inclusive markets and agricultural value chains that increase productivity and sustainable decent work opportunities for women and youth, particularly those with low incomes, in the Jordan Valley and Jericho. It will enable social and solidarity economic institutions, including cooperatives and SMEs, to become more competitive and sustainable; to benefit from decent work; to become stronger sources of family income and community development; and to help women reach more and higher types of work in value chains.
The project will benefit approximately 90 farmers, including at least 20 women and 10 youths, and a wider number of indirect beneficiaries in selected agricultural value chains. Through better access to information, skills, technology, technical expertise and markets, women and men engaged in agricultural work in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises will increase their incomes and contribute to agricultural development and food security in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Main components
- Outcome 1: Inclusive value chain analysis and development in key agricultural sub-sectors is promoted.
- Outcome 2: Business linkages and partnerships are fostered for improved access to business services and markets for small producers and their cooperatives.
News and stories
The ILO and Japan conclude project empowering Palestinian women and youth in agriculture
ILO and Japan launch project to promote sustainable enterprises and decent jobs for Palestinian women and youth in agriculture
Project results
The project interventions are enabling cooperatives and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to become more competitive and sustainable; to benefit from decent work; to help women reach more and higher types of work in value chains; to become stronger sources of family income and community development; and to contribute to agricultural development and food security in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Project impact
1467
farmers benefitted from the interventions (directly or indirectly)
440+
women and young farmers’ knowledge and capacity on cooperative values and benefits is strengthened
14,000
sheep and goat vaccinated against common and devastating diseases
440-520 tonnes per year
of yellow corn waste will be used by communities for the first time, thanks to a community-based maize/corn silage production unit piloted in Bardala Cooperative
20+
farmers from 4 beekeeping cooperatives trained and provided innovative tools to improve honey production practices
109
women and youth were trained on ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business by 12 trainers who got certified by the programme
Through better access to information, skills, technology, technical expertise and markets, women and men engaged in agricultural work in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises can increase their incomes and contribute to agricultural development and food security in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
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