Working Paper

Enhancing the Dairy Processing Skills and Market Access of Rural Women in Jordan

Abstract

This report presents the findings of the socioeconomic, dairy processing and marketing conditions of
women in four communities in the Karak Governorate of Jordan. It is part of a project targeting rural
women that develops and pilot tests technological and institutional options for improving the small-scale
processing and marketing of dairy products from sheep and goats. The four communities selected to
participate in the study were Al-Jad’aa, Mhai, Adr, and Al-Rabba