Income Generating Activities

1. Income Generating Activities MENARID Knowledge Exchange workshop 24th to 28th of March, Hammamet, Tunisia {prepared by :- Mamoon Al Adaileh }

2. Description of the innovation • The activity targeted the rural women in the southern part of Jordan to Improve their life by creating income generating activity which help on improving their level of income.

3. Description of the innovation • The partners involved in the innovation are women and ARMPII and training centers in universities and ACC • This program has targeted around 1300 women in technical training courses on dairy and food processing , livestock raising , bread production , mushroom production and soap manufacturing. • Then we direct the women's to ACC to have loans ,more than 700 women submitted to have loans from ACC, but only 550 women take loans to establish their own projects( and that because of ACC conditions ) • The project cost is varied from 500 jd up to 5000 jd depending on the type of project but the total investment on these activities exceeds 1.5 million us $

4. Results and benefits of the innovation Impact on farmers income Cost and revenue for 2 months

5. Results and benefits • Impact on farmers livelihoods the life of the family had been changed and women began to have a good effect on family decision and significant change can be noticed by eye on the way of living and furniture inside house , dressing type , kids education , health , and nutrition • Impact on local communities • Rising awareness of local communities to give women's their rule in development and improving the HH life

6. Results and benefits of the innovation • Impact on natural resource • Best use for available natural resource specially water and soil and of course human by capacity building program on different topic raised by women through training on topics like mother and kids health , public health , household budget , internet use, …… • Using backyard stock in rational way

7. SWOT analysis results

8. Rural poverty and opportunities provided by IGAs under ARMP II

9. Recommendations to policy-makers to scale-up the innovation, and to remove constraints • 1. Improve access to credit to invest in a farm activity with higher income generating potential.(reducing the conditions) • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. • Other

10. Let us discuss it ! Questions, comments and suggestions are welcome!