SEED USAID:
Encourage and assist micro, small and medium companies, linking them with large companies, and helping their integration into value chains:
- Implementing 5 courses to introduce the basics of food safety for 300 people representing 140 companies.
- 5 governorates of Beheira, Sharkia, Mansoura, Giza and Alexandria.
- During the course, NFSA’s strategy, role and checklists are presented.
- The target is 1000 companies at the level of all governorates of the Republic.
- Field visits to 27 companies and direct technical support to 8 companies to improve food safety requirements applications
Farmer to Farmer:
Provide technical support services only through volunteer international experts in the field of food safety and quality. Technical support services include training and technical advices on food safety management systems in order to improve marketing of products and open new export markets.
Food for the future :
It is a project structured to strengthen agricultural businesses in the Egyptian countryside. It is a USAID project, which aims to grow the agricultural manufacturing sector and raise its ability to meet the requirements of local, regional and international markets, and to enhance the competitiveness of manufacturers by applying and strengthening the systems of the market mechanisms in place and linking the parties to the value chain.
Ezdhar Program :
Ezdhar aims to promote innovative and inclusive business models and accelerate growth by providing technical support. The Chamber of Food Industries is implementing it under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry The program is funded by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on behalf of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development. (BMZ).
Green Path" initiative :
The "Green Path" initiative aims to assist, qualify and train a number of (50) small and medium-sized companies operating in the agricultural manufacturing sector in order to comply with food safety requirements, thus enhancing the competitiveness of products and their accessibility to local, regional and global markets, and maintaining investment growth rates and job opportunities. The initiative comes in cooperation with the Food for the Future Project - Promoting Agricultural Business in the Egyptian Rural, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and based on the Chamber's belief in the importance of the agricultural manufacturing sector, which is one of the most important industrial sectors and has a direct impact on the national economy, as well as the importance of the role played by the sector. To maintain food security, reduce poverty and provide employment opportunities for both sexes through income-generating activities in rural areas. Through the initiative, the necessary technical support will be provided to comply with food safety requirements and improve the agricultural industrialization system By implementing the systems of the National Food Safety Authority applied to examine and approve primary suppliers and industrial facilities, with a positive impact on the safety of the final product and increasing its ability to access the local and export markets. And conducting customs release procedures for the facility by implementing the criteria for determining the release path (risks of the commodity, country of origin, verified verification of compliance for each shipment destined for Egypt). For more information https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gTl3rXFPpclovQDtccsM1I68vtZ6NBBG/view?usp=sharing
Rawabet:
The Chamber of Food Industries, in cooperation with the International Labor Organization and the National Food Safety Authority within the framework of the Rawabet project funded by the Norwegian government, is implementing a project to develop the value chain for the dairy sector, with the aim of contributing to improving and developing the performance of actors in the sector along the value chain in order to provide high quality milk and ensure that it is safely managed during the collection, transportation, and storage phases, until it reaches major manufacturers from the private sector in accordance with the standards and recommendations of the National Food Safety Authority. The project works to support the economic empowerment of small farmers / dairy producers / breeders, by improving their milking and handling practices, as well as by enabling them to have access to improved feed, and facilitate their access to veterinary and agricultural guidance services. It is worth noting that the existence of a national plan to develop dairy gathering centers will contribute mainly to developing the value chain of the sector, and it is necessary for the contribution of the National Food Safety Authority to complete the development plan in line with the international requirements and standards required by the authority's approval and to ensure product safety in all stages of its production.
