Nineveh FAO-EU Funded Project Launches Innovative Training Program for Women-Headed Households for Sustainable Development of Small and Medium Rural Dairy Businesses
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Nineveh, Iraq, 16 February 2023 - The Nineveh FAO-EU Funded Project has launched a Farmer Field Day (FFD) program aimed at training women-headed households in the sustainable development of small and medium rural dairy businesses. The program was implemented in Al-Hamdaniya and Bartella for thirty dairy women supported by the project from seven villages in the Tel Kaif district.
The FFD program links dairy women producers from different regions in the governorate and encourages them to share experiences in improving and developing practices of processing and marketing their cheese and dairy products. The program includes training on dairy handling, processing, and marketing of improved traditional home-processed dairy products, as well as on fodder crops.
The Nineveh FAO-EU Funded Project is replicating this innovative learning method to all targeted districts to support the sustainable development of small and medium rural dairy businesses. The project has already supported 4000 women with training sessions as well as with dairy equipment for milk handling and processing. The FAO Representative in Iraq, Dr. Salah El Hajj Hassan highlighted that the priorities of the FAO are to seek a real partnership with these groups and empower them to support their families independently, emphasizing the need to activate their role.
FAO’s International Livestock Expert, Dr. Chedly Kayouli said that during the farmers’ field day, the visiting women had the opportunity to meet with three groups of women who have excelled in the production and marketing of high-quality dairy products and in the cultivation of fodder crops. He added, women working in the same field and from rural villages interacted with each other, sharing their experiences, knowledge, skills, and even their challenges.
Finally, the visiting women led by Om Chaker from Tal-Kif villages concluded that the enthusiasm and the family atmosphere that prevailed during the farmers’ field day was remarkably interesting, as we are working in the same field, we interacted with each other sharing our experiences, knowledge and skills. Mouna from Al-Hukul village (Tal-Kif district) expressed the women’s interest and satisfaction in learning new techniques and practices in milk processing and animal feeding from their peers which was evident.
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