The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization and the Egyptian Agriculture Ministry are working on projects to encourage farmers to grow more nutritious crops, Africa News reported. Fifteen schools were built in five governorates under the “Improving Household Food and Nutrition Security in Egypt by Targeting Women and Youth” project funded by the Italian Cooperation Development. The young farmers learn to grow vegetables and beans, instead of wheat, corn and barley, and to turn organic waste into fertilizers in order to reduce the environmental impact of burning it. The crops are then sent to the farmers’ wives who are “encouraged to optimise the nutritional content of the meals they cook for their families.”