FAO & MALR invite extension agents to use “El Mufeed” app and disseminate among targeted groups

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR) in Egypt held a virtual meeting to present the mobile application of "El Mufeed in Food and Agriculture" to the extension agents in all of Egypt’s Governorates. 

A total of 148 participants attended the meeting representing extension agents, researchers from the Agriculture Research Centre, academia, farmers, rural women, and NGOs, in addition to participants from FAO Representations in Egypt, Jordan and Iraq.

The meeting aimed at introducing “El Mufeed” application to extension agents, to show them how to download and use it, and highlighted its contents. During the meeting, the new content regarding "food safety in response to COVID-19” was also introduced, and the registration method and interaction with this platform was explained. 

The meeting encouraged the extension agents to use the app and disseminate it widely among targeted groups.

“Supporting digital agriculture and digital extension is one of the most important modern trends developed by FAO to help farmers and rural communities coping with the COVID-19 pandemic to continue the production and marketing processes so that food security and income generation are not negatively affected,” said Nasredin Hag El Amin, FAO Representative in Egypt.

“The Ministry of Agriculture gives great importance to digital agriculture applications and digital extension in an effort to develop the agricultural sector and provide advanced digital services to farmers to facilitate their production and marketing processes, livestock production, and disease and pest control practices,” said Alaa Azouz, Director of the Extension at MALR.

Digital Agriculture is a global community of practice that facilitates dialogue, information exchange and sharing of ideas related to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for sustainable agriculture and rural development.