DEMETRA: Developing Entrepreneurial skills & tools for woMEn in agriculTure in Rural Areas

The overall objective of DEMETRA project is to facilitate the development of agricultural entrepreneurial skills and tools for women in rural areas. In doing so the project aims at recognizing the needs and gaps with regard to women’s education and competences in the area of agricultural entrepreneurship and device the tools that will facilitate their education and overall knowledge. The main project activities include the development of an innovative curriculum for educating women on greener, sustainable models of agricultural entrepreneurship and other entrepreneurial skills, the development of a digital tool for enabling women with limited access to education in order to further pursue their agripreneurial education and a mentoring scheme to provide them with up-to-date knowledge by experts in the field of entrepreneurship, environmental entrepreneurship and agriculture and other successful professionals in the field. The project is funded by the ERASMUS+ programme and will have a total duration of 2 years.