IFPRI’s Xiaobo Zhang and Fatma Abdelaziz gave two presentations at the 2019 annual conference for the Egypt’s Network for Integrated Development (ENID/ElNidaa). This year’s conference title was “Clusters and Economic Development in the South”. It was held in Luxor on February 14th and 15th, under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Egypt’s Prime Minister. During […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
Reviving Silk production in Upper Egypt based on the Chinese experience
Marina Iskandar, Research Officer, Egypt Network for Integrated Development (ENID/ EL Nidaa)
Silk industry and its historic expansion is a good example of the globalization and can easily describe the massive infiltration of the Chinese production in the world market. In fact the Sericulture industry and the cultivation of Mulberry trees are labor intensive activities which create employment opportunities for women and youth in the poorest rural areas. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
