"Empowering Women Farmers with Agricultural  Business Management Training (EMWOFA)" Project is funded by Turkish National Agency under Erasmus+ KA2 Vocational Education Strategic Partnership.

Farming is the principal economic activity in most rural areas of the EU. About half of the population of the EU lives in rural areas. Without farming there would be little to keep many communities alive and hold them together. If farming were to disappear, in many areas there would be a problem of land abandonment. Therefore, EU’s Common Agricultural Policy supports farmers in many aspects.

Women farmers generally do not have formal vocational education, they are less educated and they learn farming by informal learning while working in their farms or other farms. Therefore, they need vocational training and guidance in their work places. Unfortunately, there is no formal or non-formal vocational training service for them.

EMWOFA partnership is made up of 3 universities, one public body, one vocational school, one chamber and one NGO from 5 countries.  There are 3 universities and one vocational school that have academic research and field experience in agricultural economics and vocational education.

1. Akdeniz University

2. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

3. Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM)

4. Stucom SA- Vocational School

5. VisMedNet Association

6. Antalya Directorate of Provincial Food, Agriculture and Livestock

7. Antalya Chamber of Agriculture