The United Nations FAO honored the Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Minia University Prof. Dr. Eman El-Sherif and Prof. Dr. Asmaa Mamdouh the center’s Entrepreneurship trainer and Dr. Osama Mohammed Samier member of the center’s board of directors and an entrepreneurship coach.

In addition, the university won, for the first time, to establish, operate and finance two start- up companies in the field of modern irrigation methods and agriculture for two groups of university students and farmers.