Governorate Profile

The governorate covers an area of 3466.7 km2 representing 0.34% of the Republic's total area. It includes 11 Marakz, 49 rural local units annexed by 206 villages, and 1559 Hamlets.

Population: According to population estimates from 2015, out of an estimated 3,172,753 people residing in the governorate, 2,441,246 people (77%) live in rural areas. The governorate has 10 cities:

 El Hamool  Kafr El Sheikh

 Baltim  Metoubes

 Biyala  Qallin

 Desouk 

 Sidi Salem Kafr El Sheikh is an agricultural governorate, with total cultivated lands of 602.1 thousand feddans. It is famous for the production of rice, beets, wheat, and cotton.

Crop Area (Fed) Crop Area (Fed) Rice 271,500 Peas 625 Beat 81,700 Melons 64,893 Wheat 299,200 Guava 1,305 Cotton 142,300 Caraway 865

1. جمعية قلين البلد – قلين البلد Keleen El Balad Association– Keleen El .1 Balad 2. جمعية أبو ريا - ادارة الرياض .Abo Ray Association – El Reyad Agr. Dept .2 الزراعية 3. Al Salmia Association – Fewa Agr. 3. جمعية السالمية - ادارة فوة الزراعية Department 4. جمعية الهمة - ادارة بيال الزراعية .El Hemma Association – BiallaAgr. Dept .4 5. جمعية سيدى طلحة - منطقة مطوبس Sidi Talha Association – Motobas, General .5 التابعة للمراقبة العامة للتنمية & Authority for Cooperatives والتعاونيات .Development 6. جمعية الورق – مركز سيدى سالم Al Warek Association – Sidi Salem .6 7. جمعية بلطيم – مركز بلطيم Baltim Association- Baltim .7 8. جمعية المناوفة – مركز الحامول Al Manawfa Association – Al Hamoul .8 9. جمعية الشهابية – مركز بلطيم Al Shehabia Association - Balteem .9 10. جمعية سنهور المدينة - دسوق Sanhour Al Madina Association - Desouk .10 11. جمعية القن– مركز سيدى سالم Al Ken Association – Sidy Salem .11 12. جمعية البشاير – مركز الرياض El Bashayer Association-El Ryad .12 13. جمعية أبوبدوى– مركز بيال No. of (21) 13. Abou Badawy Association -Beyala Supported 14. Association for Development and 14. جمعية تنمية وتسويق منتجات المرأة Marketing of Rural Women Products in El- الريفية بالطايفة - نسائية FMAs Taifah (Women As.) 15. El Nahda Association for Agriculture 15. جمعية النهضة للتنمية الزراعية وادارة Development and Water Management – المياه – موفقة أوضاعها مع الصندوق El ken – Sidy Salem 16. جمعية المنشية الجديدة )قرى الشيخ Al Manchia El Gedida Cooperative .16 مبارك والمنشية الجديدة( – مركز البرلس 17. جمعية المنشلين )المرازقة والمنشلين( Al Manshalin Cooperative .17 – مركز قلين 18. جمعية العجوزين )العجوزين ، إبطو ، Al Agousin Cooperative .18 أبيوقا( 19. جمعية شــابة )النوايجه ، أبو مندور ، Shabba Cooperative .19 الشون( – مركز دسوق 20. جمعية خليج بحرى )برمبال ، خليج Khaleeg Bahary Cooperative .20 بحرى ، خليج قبلى( 21. جمعية إبيانة )منية المرشد ، إبيانة ، Ebiana Cooperative .21 وقف بحرى ، بريدعه( – مركز مطوبس

Governorate Marketing Marketing Committees Crop Producers Groups Special Council Marketing Veg: 13 Fruits: 2 Committees Formed 10 Medicinal & Aromatic: 1 / Groups Livestock: 0

Sub-component No. of Executed Training Sessions 017-018 Executed i. Strengthening of FMAs / Groups 15 Training Activities ii. Market Intelligence 27 iii. Value Chain Linkages 9 iv. Market Oriented Production 40

Summer Season 2017 Winter Season 2017-2018 Summer Season 2018 6 Demo Ps 6 D Demo Ps 6 Demo Ps

Roselle (3) Sesame(3) Potato (4) Onion (2) Eggplant (2) Roselle(4)

Demo Plots Main Economic Parameters Derived from the Eco. Analysis of Summer Season 2017 Results High Value Income Production Increasein Reduction in Farm Crop Increase % Increase % MarketingQuant % Losses % Roselle 95 28.7 0 0 Sesame 136 37.8 5 1

2017 - 2018

Farming System Frequency Crop Sequence High Value Crops No Farming Beans – Wheat – Pepper Beans –Pepper Systems FS (1) 4 / Eggplant / Sesame / Eggplant FS (2) 2 Fennel – Sesame/ Maize Fennel

Tech. Training for No. of Training Days Technical Subjects No. of Trainees Extension Farmers of 3 Roselle - Sesame – M & E 27 Demo Plots

& Farming Systems Contracts No. of Area in No. of Area in (8) Crop Crop Contracts Feddans Contracts Feddans (2Under Sweet Potato 9 900 0 0 0 Preparation) Loans Disbursed Through MSMEDA Loans Disbursed ThroughADP 1st Portal: Small Scale Finance Rural NBE 1st Contract (Total EGP 105 m) EGP 6,06 Million represents 2% of the ADP Finance Amount Disbursed to 16,575,600 QenaBeneficiaries (15.8% of the total disbursements total contract No of Projects 127 NBE 2nd Contract (Total EGP 140 m) Amount Disbursed to 22,913,800 QenaEnd Beneficiaries (16.6% of the total contract No of Projects 176 2nd Portal: Micro Scale Finance NGOs:17 NGOs(Total Contracts EGP 25,790,000)& Banqe Du Caire Contract (EGP 150 m) EGP 11,834,000(3.2 Amounts Disbursed to 9% of the total QenaBeneficiaries contracts value) No of Projects 1,389