Egypt - Second Agricultural Development Project

The present intervention relates to the second agricultural development project. This second phase follows the first phase, which was first involved raising agricultural productivity in two gouvernorates by introducing improved farm mechanization and a strengthening of agricultural credit, cooperatives and extension services. The project aims to provide technological packages already tested and demonstrated and also offer the farmers the option to mechanize certain farming operations by making farm machinery readily available by purchase through a network of private dealers, or, alternatively, on hire from private operators and cooperatives.