Wadi Allaqi Livelihoods Support Project
Overview
Summary
Wadi Allaqi Livelihoods Support Project Wadi Allaqi Livelihoods Support Project is to promote alternative livelihood activities that protect the unique biodiversity of the area. Project interventions include promoting tree planting for charcoal production; cultivation of fodder crops like lucerne; planting indigenous tress species in degraded parts of the wadi; establishing tourist camps and promoting eco-tourism; carrying out training in selected off-farm livelihood activities; promoting value addition activities along the value chain and strengthening market links.
The prefeasibility study for the project was carried out in the period 2010-2012 under the Watershed Delineation and Prioritization Project
Description
Wadi Allaqi Livelihoods Support Project Wadi Allaqi Livelihoods Support Project is to promote alternative livelihood activities that protect the unique biodiversity of the area. Project interventions include promoting tree planting for charcoal production; cultivation of fodder crops like lucerne; planting indigenous tress species in degraded parts of the wadi; establishing tourist camps and promoting eco-tourism; carrying out training in selected off-farm livelihood activities; promoting value addition activities along the value chain and strengthening market links.
The prefeasibility study for the project was carried out in the period 2010-2012 under the Watershed Delineation and Prioritization Project
Objectives
The objective of the Wadi Allaqi Livelihoods Support Project is to promote alternative livelihood activities that protect the unique biodiversity of the area. Project interventions include promoting tree planting for charcoal production; cultivation of fodder crops like lucerne; planting indigenous tress species in degraded parts of the wadi; establishing tourist camps and promoting eco-tourism; carrying out training in selected off-farm livelihood activities; promoting value addition activities along the value chain and strengthening market links.
Progress history
- 2024 Pre-Feasibility planned: Feasibility
- 2022 Pre-Feasibility planned: Feasibility
Key facts
- Programme
- Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO)
- Status
- Active
- Countries
- Egypt, Egypt, Egypt
- Location
- 20.331, 32.665
- Last updated
- 25 Sep 2026
Financing
USD million- Preparation cost
- 0.00
- Preparation funding gap
- 0.00
- Capital cost (CAPEX)
- 0.00
- CAPEX funding gap
- 0.00
- Operation cost
- 0.00
- Total cost
- 0.00
Stakeholders
- Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office - ENTRO
- ENTRO
- Egypt - Government of Egypt
- GoEG
- Nile River Basin Program
- NRBIP