Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in the MENA Agro-Food Sector through Social and Technological Innovation – Outcome Document
Across the MENA region, women are central to the agro-food system—as producers, processors, retailers, innovators, and custodians of traditional knowledge. Yet their participation remains constrained by deep-rooted inequalities: limited access to land and finance, low representation in cooperatives and decision- making spaces, and exclusion from research and innovation ecosystems. As the region faces the intersecting pressures of climate change, food insecurity, and unemployment, enabling women’s innovation within this field has become an urgent and strategic priority.
December 2025
