Contact first name: Hanna
Contact last name: Jane G.
Contact email: jane.hanna@hu.edu.eg
Street: Misr-Ismailia Desert Road 20
Postal code:
City: Kairo
State:
Country: Egypt
Website:
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| 1 - Set of principles and attributes | Heliopolis University, founded by SEKEM, established the Research & Innovation ManagementUnitto bethecore structurethatworks with different stakeholders, e.g.academic staff,researchers, professionals, NGOs, farmers, etc. to build knowledge economythroughdifferentprojects focusing on sustainable development.HU established an Observatory(http://hiro.hu.edu.eg) and Agri-Food network:(http://connect.hu.edu.eg). |
| 2 - Drivers and indicators of sustainable production and consumption | SEKEMisworkingsince 1977 on promoting organic cultivation and sustainable food production inEgypt.This involved raising awareness of farmers regarding sustainableAgricultureand the impactof transformation, alsoproviding tools for this.HUimplements projects, e.g. EGYMAP forReinforcingCultivation and ProcessingofEgyptianMedicinal &AromaticPlants. |
| 3 - Actual data on sustainable production and consumption | SEKEM conducted a studytitled:“The Future of Agriculture in Egypt”, thatconductscostcomparison between organic and conventional agriculture using the “Full Cost Accounting”methodology(http://www.sekem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the-future-of-agriculture-in-egypt-1.pdf), also a study:”Making it from Farm to Fork”, proving that sustainable agriculture canfeed the world based on 2050expected population(http://www.sekem.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/makingit6.pdf). |
| 4 - Policy reform proposals/arguments | SEKEM and HU participated in the national mega project of reclaiming and cultivating one millionFeddans, in 2015 SEKEMheld anational multi-stakeholdersworkshopnamed"1 Million Feddansfor Life"thatguided by the governmental initiative where governmental representatives attendedto discuss the possibility of planting theseareasin organic. |
| 5 - Training and education tools | Through EGYMAP project, HU conducted several training programmes for farmers and agriculturalengineers onsustainable cultivation and production of different food and medicinal crops in upperEgypt, also a farmer’s guideline document is developed. HU is developing an ATLAS for sustainablecultivation of Egyptian plants. |
| 6 - Case studies of food systems | SEKEMhelpedmore than700Egyptianfarmers to shift from conventional to Organic Agriculture,SEKEM also plays an instrumental rolein the global organic movementas part of the SustainableOrganic Agriculture Action Network (SOAAN) Steering Committee and as an Organic Ambassador.SEKEM is also a member of IFOAM Network. |
| 7 - Workshops/roundtables | SEKEMandHUareworking with different stakeholders along the food chain such as farmers andfarmersassociations alloverEgypt, suppliers, Governmental organizations, food chambers,research institutes, exporters, etc. Thus it can contribute to organizing stakeholders’ events atdifferent national and international levels. |
| 8 - Clusters/knowledge sharing | HU has established an Agri-Food network for knowledge sharing and exchange at a national level,SEKEM and HU are alsopartners in several international clusters and networks working onsustainable development aspects, e.g. EMEG: Euro-Mediterranean expert groups, Trinex:Triangle of Water Energy Food Nexus, and others. |