This is the bold slogan of the InnovAgroWoMed campaign, which renovates its invitation to women to play a leading role through a process of innovation and sustainable development.

The strong Euro-Mediterranean vocation of the campaign is well represented by its promoters: CESIE in partnership with the Univerity of Rome Tor Vergata and the associations Cawtar (Tunisia), Asala (Palestine) and Jovesolides (Spain). 

The InnovAgroWoMed project can also count on the collaboration of the Department for Equal Opportunities of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Italian Association of Women for Development Onlus (AIDOS) and the National Coordination of Host Communities (CNCA).

InnovAgroWoMed combines concrete actions with the awareness-raising campaign and conducts training aimed at strengthening women's employment and capacity to do business in the agri-food sector, an industry closely linked to the identity of the Mediterranean region and with significant but yet unexploited potential in terms of innovation and growth.

The protagonists, a group of more than 30 aspiring women entrepreneurs or professionals in the agri-food sector, have the opportunity to engage in a highly professional training course completely free of charge aimed at:

• improving their knowledge, and acquiring the skills and tools to start an entrepreneurial activity in the agri-food sector; or
• training them in the food processing sector.

For more information on the campaign, follow us on facebook.com/InnovAgroWoMed.

With this video, we start an awareness-raising campaign to draw attention to the role of women in the labour market and to emphasize the potential of the agri-food sector through targeted actions that promote inclusion, employment and empowerment of women.

#Agrifooders’ voices

Stories of women’s entrepreneurship and work drawn from the training courses for aspiring female entrepreneurs and professionals in the agri-food sector.

"I want to create a regenerative agriculture system with healthy soil at its heart and give those who would like to take a break from the hustle and bustle of city life the opportunity to get closer to nature, live in Tiny Houses and be part of this experience."

“I came back to Sicily because I wanted to find a way to keep living here by promoting an innovative business idea that helps people move forward. I am lucky to live in a vast estate with a spacious garden: it was an inspiration for me!
My project is to start a company based on ethical and sustainable choices that produces organic teas and infusions in disposable filter bags.”

“I have chosen InnovAgroWoMed because InnovAgroWoMed chose me! Meeting other women was such a beautiful and hopeful experience: we all share the same hope and desire for a greener and more sustainable future. My business idea aims to create a regenerative agricultural system where plants are cultivated together in an organic and synergistic way. I’ll create a new line of Sicilian herbal teas with beneficial effects on people’s health.”

“I chose InnovAgroWoMed to improve my skills and change my life. I love food, and I love to show people my cuisine and my idea of a healthy diet. I see myself in a huge field with an amazing farmstead and a synergistic garden: a place where people who love Nature can eat proper food. A place where people can feel at home.”

Successful experiences and valorisation of our territory

“We help ex-offenders, people with disabilities and from disadvantaged backgrounds to access the labour market.
We love our land: we have created an organic and bio-intensive farming system in mafia confiscated agricultural fields.
Many of us, who could have worked elsewhere, decided to stay here because we believe we can promote local development in a place we love and give young people the same opportunity.”

“Milk is a product that sold on its own, it would not even cover the production costs for the farmer. Through the transformation, we are able to give added value to the farmer. Many people and families work here, so we distribute wealth throughout the area.”