Matrouh Resource Management Project (MRMP) has started adopting sustainable resource management practices thus alleviating poverty in its mandated areas. The Project has improved women's participation in resource management and productive activities providing skill training and access to small loans for income generating activities in order to enhance their economic independence and alleviate their work burden through financial support for water pumps, gas stoves and donkey carts. Scarcity of water is the critical constraint to development in the Project area. Therefore, the water harvesting activities under MRMP were mainly focused on the construction of cisterns and reservoirs for water storage and dykes for water spreading. Water harvesting had a significant impact on productivity enhancement, mainly due to substantial increases in fruit trees. The 10-year weighted-average increase in physical productivity was grown by 91 percent and the weighted annual net income was increased by 52 percent. The annual rate of net return for the extra cost incurred due to the building and use of water harvesting structures was over 300 percent on average. Moreover, water harvesting has impact their basic water needs and also reduced women's time ad drudgery in collecting water.