His Excellency the Minister of Agriculture in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Eng. Khaled Al-Hanifat, field launched on the first Thursday of Ramadan 1444 AH, Corresponding to March 23, 2023 AD, The Rural Women Empowerment Project, which is being implemented in cooperation with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, By developing the value chain of honey bee products, Where His Excellency the Minister inspected some projects in Balqa Governorate, accompanied by a number of officials in the region, including members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Agriculture and the local community.

His Excellency Eng. Al-Hunaifat praised the great efforts made by the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development to support the agricultural sector in the Arab countries, including the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The bee project is considered one of the projects that the organization supported and implemented in addition to the water harvesting project and the project to empower rural women through the development of the olive oil value chain and other pilot projects whose results directly touch the beneficiaries on the ground. Appreciating the great role of His Excellency the Director General of the Organization, Professor Ibrahim Al-Dakhiri, for his constructive and distinguished efforts to improve the agricultural sector in light of the spread of various pandemics, climate changes and the global food crisis.

His Excellency Engineer Al-Hunaifat confirmed that the organization, represented by its Director General, is interested in achieving the desired goals of the project in all Arab countries, which is building the capabilities of rural women along the value chain. Developing marketing operations for honey bee products and improving the quality of honey bee products. In addition to the economic empowerment of rural women for the activities of raising honey bees and their products, And a statement of the economic importance of honey bees and their products in the Arab countries and focus on the value chain of honey bee products through taking care of the hives during the season and harvesting honey products and marketing.

On the one hand, she praised the head of the organization’s regional office in the Arab East for the great and direct interest of His Excellency Minister Al Hanifat, and his follow-up of the organization’s projects and field visits, which strengthened the cooperation of families in their implementation and great cooperation with those concerned. 2023, All the requirements of the project were delivered in the field, and field training is currently taking place for the beneficiaries to empower women and youth and achieve the goals of the sustainable Arab agricultural development strategy 2020-2030 AD, and compatible with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030, She also referred to the great role played by the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development in this sector by encouraging countries to give this issue great importance for its active role in biodiversity and its contribution to food security through the Arab Program to contribute to rural prosperity and alleviate the suffering of poor groups in the Arab countryside, especially families. female-headed, Whereas, Qatari projects in the field of beekeeping and its products have been implemented in a number of Arab countries, including Lebanon, Yemen, Morocco, and currently in Jordan. The minister met the beneficiary families of these projects at the project site, which have become a source of income for productive families and women. He also followed the procedures for training and qualifying the local community on bee farming. He stressed that the axis of rural development and women’s empowerment within the national plan for sustainable agriculture supports efforts to transform the family from a consumer to a producer. Through training, rehabilitation, support and follow-up to reach marketing, and such projects help create direct and indirect job opportunities in the governorates and the periphery.