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caling-up agricultural production and developing new
In 2013 the organisation will invest upwards of€2.5 million
enterprise and market opportunities for farmers and
in seven development projects, all of which are being
rural households has become a key focus of Self Help
implemented in collaboration with local and/or international
ETHIOPIA
Africa’s work in Ethiopia.
partners.
Programme
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Total Budget
Donor
€ 36,614
Market Innovation for Smallholder Groundnut Farmers
Irish Aid, Electric Aid
Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives II
Irish Aid, Irish League of Credit Unions, Terrafina Microfinance
€ 695,965
Smallholder Markets and Agriculture Resilience Transformation
European Union
€ 1,270,000
Malt Barley ValueChain Development
Irish Aid
Timeframe 07-02-11
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Oromia Region
SACCO Unions: Awash, Keleta, Ifa Boru, Yenestanet Fana, Sidama Chalala
Oromia and SNNP Regions
International Development Enterprises (IDE), Oxfam GB, SOS Sahel
Oromia and SNNP Regions
Farmer Cooperatives: Galema, Raya Kajema
Oromia Region
Amhara Region
31-10-13
Emmanuel Development Association
28-01-13
CNFA
SNNP Region
The Canadian Cooperative Association (CCA), Ethiowetlands
Amhara Region
31-12-13 01-01-13 31-12-15
01-04-12 31-10-13
€ 353,655
Mungbean Production for Livelihood Improvement
Irish Aid, Vitol Foundation
Livestock Growth Programme
USAID
Climate Resilience and Cooperatives in Ethiopia
Canadian International Development Association (CIDA)
€ 170,000
€ 426,594
01-04-12
€ 1,464,646
MARKET INNOVATION FOR SMALLHOLDER GROUNDNUT FARMERS
supplied groundnuts (peanuts) for the manufacture of a widely used food supplement.
Drawing upon the experiences of that pilot and the training that had been undertaken with farmers and cooperatives in groundnut production, Self Help Africa is scaling up the approach in Oromia. Although widely grown across sub-Saharan Africa, the groundnut was was only introduced to Ethiopia in the early 20th century by colonial Italians.
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31-09-15
n 2011 SHA piloted a project in Eastern Hararghe which
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Programme Area
Afran Kelo Cooperative
31-10-13
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Implementing Partner
01-01-13 31-06-14
By providing support, training, and access to improved technologies, farmers are significantly increasing their production. SHA aims to address some of the challenges that currently limit the production of groundnut in Ethiopia. The current project will directly improve production and income of 770 farm families in four districts of East Hararghe, and in the longer term provide a model for the wider production of peanut in Ethiopia in the future.
Total direct beneficiaries: 770
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RURAL SAVINGS AND CREDIT COOPERATIVES II
where less than 15% of households have access to credit. In 2013 SHA, in collaboration with the Irish League of
n over a decade Self Help Africa has distributed small loans to over 34,000 people in two regions of Ethiopia, to support the development of on and off-farm enterprise as
a means of generating an income. SHA’s RuSACCO (Rural Savings and Credit Cooperative) Programme has supported the formation of 240 Primary Cooeratives and five Cooperative Unions in 20 districts of Oromia and SNNP Regions. Training, management support, mentoring and financial assistance has been provided to these member-run microfinance providers.
Credit Unions Foundation and Terrafina Microfinance, is implementing a new phase of its RuSACCO programme. The programme aims to promote higher levels of financial inclusion, and support rural families to access credit with which to develop enterprise and new income generating opportunities. In the coming years the RuSACCO programme will seek to improve the operational and financial capacity of SACCO Unions, thus supporting these unions to deliver sustainable financial services to their members.
Total direct beneficiaries: 40,000
Member-run RuSACCOs have a comparative advantage as financial providers, and particularly so in rural communities
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SMALLHOLDER MARKETS AND AGRICULTURE RESILIENCE TRANSFORMATION (SMART)
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elf Help Africa’s EU-backed SMART Project aims to strengthen food security and build resilience of 36,500
measures that build local capacity.
Total direct beneficiaries 12,000
households living in 13 drought-affected areas of
Oromia and SNNP regions.
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MALT BARLEY VALUE-CHAIN DEVELOPMENT
The scheme is being implemented through a consortium involving US-based International Development Enterprises (IDE), Oxfam GB, and local partners SOS Sahel. In collaboration with farmer institutions and government departments SMART seeks to enhance resilience, income and food security through improving agricultural production techniques and access to markets, strengthening the provision of services and building the capacity of farmers groups. A range of activities aimed at improving food production and the incomes of rural poor households are being implemented, including strengthening of agricultural extension services and access to farm inputs, soil fertility improvement measures, promotion of on and off-farm income generating enterprise, improving
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access to low cost irrigation, to credit, and support for
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elf Help Africa’s Malt Barley Value-Chain Development Project was developed on foot of research that was carried out to assess the market potential of malt barley
as a cash crop for small-holder farmers in Oromia Region. The assessment indicated an existing high demand for malt barley, and the potential for development within the sector. The Malt Project was subsequently designed to tackle the challenged faced by malt barley producing farmers, their institutions, and stakeholders who benefit from production.
Total direct beneficiaries 6,000
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MUNGBEAN PRODUCTION FOR LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT
The introduction of irrigation methods will enable farmers to move away from their reliance on rain-fed agriculture and increase the number of harvests possible per year. The
ung bean is a highly nutritional cereal crop used
project will also promote mung beans as a crop suitable for
as dry beans or fresh sprouts, green manure and
the area and to go towards meeting the nutritional needs of
forage for livestock. SHA initiated a project to
participating households. The focus on improving post- harvest
develop mung bean production for household consumption
handling, storage and establishing market links for mung
and to support the certification of mung bean for export
beans will enable farmers to increase their bargaining power
market purposes. Key interventions revolve around the
and returns from enterprises thereby moving from subsistence
provision of agricultural inputs (e.g., seed, water pumps and
agriculture to enterprise development.
farm implements), training and technical assistance on crop production, organic fertilizer preparation and application, irrigation and water use management, soil and water
Total direct beneficiaries 925
conservation, entrepreneurship skills, household financial management and the advantages of cooperatives.
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LIVESTOCK GROWTH PROGRAMME elf Help Africa’s Livestock Growth Programme is a five year project that is designed to reduce poverty through improving the productivity and competitiveness of
selected livestock value-chains, including meat/live animals, hide, skins, leather and dairy production. Backed by the US Government’s Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative, the project is also a part of USAID-Ethiopia’s Agricultural Growth Program.
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OUR PROGRAMMES As part of a consortium led by US-based non-profit
The project is designed to improve the food and nutritional
organisation CNFA, Self Help Africa will be responsible for a
security of households through the promotion of diversified
part of the implementation of this project in Oromia and SNNP
and integrated crop and livestock production systems,
regions.
increased soil fertility, and improved use of available water.
SHA will focus on increasing the productivity and
The sustainable management of natural resources in the wider
competitiveness of selected livestock value chains and
catchment area will be improved by restoring private and
improving the quality and diversity of household diet through
community-owned forests and grasslands through effective,
intake of livestock product. Integrated into these components
affordable and replicable solutions in line with the natural and
are the crosscutting objectives of engaging people living
socio-economic function of watersheds.
with HIV/AIDS, gender equity, promotion of ICT solutions, environmental mitigation and natural resource management.
Total direct beneficiaries 5,000
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CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND COOPERATIVES IN ETHIOPIA his is Self Help Africa’s newest Ethiopian project, and is backed by the Canadian International Development Association.
The project aims to increase the economic, social and ecological resilience to climate change of rural poor households in Amhara Region. It is SHA’s first project in Northern Ethiopian.
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The project will strengthen the capacity of local stakeholders too negotiatie and jointly implement actions to restore and enhance natural assets through a collaborative landscape approach.
Total direct beneficiaries 12,000
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Self Help Africa Ethiopia Kirkos Subcity, Africa Avenue, H.No. 930/01, P.O.Box 1204, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel. +251 118 8382