Governorate Profile

Minya Governorate is an important agricultural and industrial region. The area of cultivated land is estimated at about 322 thousand feddans. Population According to population estimates from 2015 the majority of residents in the governorate live in rural areas, out of an estimated 4,603,861 people residing in the governorate, 3,618,543 people (78.6%) live in rural areas. The following cities are located in this governorate:

(Ipu or Khent-Min or Khemmis or Panopolis)   El Balyana  El Mansha   El Usayrat   Juhayna  Sakulta  Sohag   Tima The governorate is famous for the traditional crops such as wheat, onions, beans and cotton. Also, it ranks second in the cultivation of sugar cane after . This is in addition to its contribution to animal and poultry production.

Crop Area (Fed) Crop Area (Fed) Tomato 10,852 Banana 2,711 Green Beans 340 Peanuts 2,753 Onion 13,713

1. جمعية تنمية المجتمع الزراعى West Tahta Rural Community .1 لمشروع غرب طهطا Development Association 2. جمعية تنمية المجتمع الزراعى Al ShouraniaAgr. Community .2 بالشورانيه بالمراغة Development Association–Maragha 3. AmmarEbnYaser Association for 3. جمعية عمار بن ياسر لتنمية المجتمع Community Development. 4. Eastern & Western Badr Al Tawayel 4. جمعية بدر الطوايل الشرقية والغربية Association 5. جمعية تنمية المجتمع باوالد يحيى AwladYehia Community Development .5 قبلى بدار السالم Association- Qebly Dar El Salam 6. جمعية تنمية المجتمع بالشيخ مكرم Al Sheikh Makram Community .6 بسوهاج Development Association - Suohag 7. جمعية أبناء نزه لتنمية المجتمع Naza Sons for Rural Community .7 الريفى بجهينة Development Association - Gohina 8. جمعية تنمية المجتمع بالسوالم - BadrAlswalem Association for for .8 طهطا Community Development No. of (22) 9. جمعية تنمية المجتمع الزراعى ببيت Agricultural Community Development .9 Supported خالف - جرجا Association, Bait Khalaf - Gerga FMAs 10. الجمعية التعاونية الزراعية بكوم بدار KomBedar Agricultural Cooperative .10

11. الجمعية التعاونية الزراعية بالنزوك East of Al nezouk Agricultural Cooperative .11 الشرقية 12. جمعية تنمية المجتمع بالجبيرات - Al Gobirat Community Development .12 طهطا Association - Tahta 13. Community Development Association, 13. جمعية تنمية المجتمع بإدفا - سوهاج Edfa – Sohag 14. جمعية محمود على البنا لتنمية Mahmoud Ali Al Banna Community .14 المجتمع Development Association 15. جمعية صديق المنشاوى لتنمية Seddik Al Menshawy Community .15 المجتمع Development Association 16. Al Ragaa Community Development 16. جمعية الرجاء لتنمية المجتمع Association 17. Care of the Farmer Community 17. جمعية رعاية الفالح لتنمية المجتمع Development Association 18. Gerga Community Development 18. جمعية تنمية المجتمع بجرجا Association

Governorate Marketing Marketing Committees Crop Producers Groups Special Council Marketing Veg:2 Fruits: 0 Committees Formed 48 (M 207 , F 33) Medicinal & Aromatic:0 / Groups Livestock: 0

Sub-component No. of Executed Training Sessions 017-018 i. Strengthening of FMAs / Groups 11 Executed ii. Market Intelligence 12 Training Activities iii. Value Chain Linkages 15 iv. Market Oriented Production 51

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

Eggplant (2) Cucumber (2) Potato (4) Onion (2) Pepper (5) Cucumber (1)

Pepper (2) 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 % Eggplant 97% 33% 21% 2.5% Pepper 121% 61% 24% 6% Cucumber 104% 28% -19% 0%

2017 - 2018

Farming System Frequency Crop Sequence High Value Crops Farming No Potato – Cucumber – Systems FS (1) 2 Maize / Sorghum Potato – Cucumber Onion – Cucumber/ Tomato – Onion – Cucumber - FS (2) 3 Maize / Sorghum Tomato Onion – Cucumber FS (3) 1 Onion - Wheat – Cucumber / Pepper - Pepper

Tech. Training for Extension No. of Training Days Technical Subjects No. of Trainees Farmers of Potato – Onion – Cucumber – 6 94 Demo Plots Eggplant – Pepper – M & E & Farming

Systems Contracts Crop No. of Contracts Area in Feddans (2) Green Beans 1 –August 018 (ongoing) 50 (65 farmers) (ongoing) Sweet Potatoes 1 -Sept 018 (ongoing) 15 (20 farmers)

Loans Disbursed Through MSMEDA Loans Disbursed ThroughADP 1st Portal: Small Scale Finance NBE 1st Contract (Total EGP 105 m) Amount Disbursed to 2,790,200 Rural Beneficiaries (2.7 % of the EGP 7.72 Million represents 3% of the ADP Finance total contract total disbursements No of Projects 15 NBE 2nd Contract (Total EGP 140 m) Amount Disbursed to End 8,900,760 Beneficiaries (6.4% of the total contract No of Projects 62 2nd Portal: Micro Scale Finance NGOs:17 NGOs(Total Contracts EGP 25,790,000)& Banqe Du Caire Contract (EGP 150 m) EGP 21,957,000(6.1 Amounts Disbursed to El % of the total MeniaBeneficiaries contracts value) No of Projects 1,418