Ethiopia - Country Programme Profile 2014

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caling-up agricultural production and developing new

in eight development projects, all of which are being

enterprise and market opportunities for farmers and

implemented in collaboration with local and/or international

rural households has become a key focus of Self Help

partners. 2014 started on a strong footing with two new

Africa’s work in Ethiopia.

projects commencing in January, and a number of additional projects in the pipeline.

In 2013 the organisation invested upwards of â‚Ź2.5 million malawi

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burkinafaso

04. Early Seed Generation II

ghana

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08. Pastoralist Livelihood Improvement Project

Gondar

05. Building Resilience through seed and conservation agriculture

Lake Tana

Amhara

SUDAN

GREAT RIFT VALLEY

07. STAR project

Addis Ababa

10. Climate Smart Agriculture

SOMALILAND

Oromia 03. Livestock Growth Program

Butajira

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SNNPR 09. Improving Honey Production and Quality

2. Malt Barley Value-Chain Development

SOMALIA 06. Scaling Up of Community-Based Seed Production and Multiplication

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01. RuSACCO II

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Donor

Total Budget

Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives II

Irish Aid, Irish League of Credit Unions, Terrafina Microfinance

€ 695,965

Malt Barley ValueChain Development

Irish Aid

€ 353,655

Livestock Growth Programme

USAID

Early Seed Generation II

Vitol Foundation

Timeframe 2013

Oromia and SNNP Regions

Oromia Region

2015

Farmer Cooperatives: Galema, Raya Kajema

2013

CNFA

SNNP Region

Koga Irrigation Water Users Service Cooperative

Amhara Region

Melkassa Agricultural Research Centre, Farmer Cooperatives, Boset Woreda Office of Agriculture. Cooperative Promotion Office

Oromia Region

Bureau of Agriculture of SNNPR

SNNP Region

A Glimmer of Hope

Oromia Region

Emmanuel Development Association

Afar Region

2012

2016

€ 213,211

2014 2017

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Programme Area

SACCO Unions: Awash, Keleta, Ifa Boru, Yenestanet Fana, Sidama Chalala

2015

€ 426,594

Implementing Partner

2014

Building Resilience through Seed and Conservation Agriculture

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations

€ 203,409

Scaling Up of Community-Based Seed Production and Multiplication

Irish Aid

€ 485,000

Sustainable Transformation of Agricultural Resources (STAR)

Irish Aid

Pastoralist Livelihood Improvement Project

Irish Aid

Improving Honey Production and Quality

Jersey Overseas Aid Committee

€ 103,836

2015

Climate Smart Agriculture

Irish Aid

€ 640, 071

2015

2015

2014

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Programme

2015

€ 200,000

2014 2015

€ 114,000

2014 2015

2016

SNNPR

SOS Sahel, Farm Africa, Vita

SNNPR

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RURAL SAVINGS AND CREDIT COOPERATIVES II

In the coming years the RuSACCO programme will seek to

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improve the operational and financial capacity of SACCO

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Unions, thus supporting these unions to deliver sustainable n over a decade Self Help Africa has distributed small

financial services to their members.

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 Cooperatives 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.

Total direct beneficiaries: 40,000

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MALT BARLEY VALUE-CHAIN DEVELOPMENT

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.

Member-run RuSACCOs have a comparative advantage as financial providers, and particularly so in rural communities

The assessment indicated an existing high demand for malt

where less than 15% of households have access to credit.

barley, and the potential for development within the sector.

The Malt Barley Project was subsequently designed to tackle

In 2013 SHA, in collaboration with the Irish League of Credit

the challenged faced by malt barley producing farmers, their

Unions Foundation and Terrafina Microfinance, implemented

institutions, and stakeholders who benefit from production.

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.

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Total direct beneficiaries: 6,000

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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 Programme.

As part of a consortium led by US-based non-profit organisation CNFA, Self Help Africa is responsible for a part of the implementation of this project in Oromia and SNNP regions.

SHA will focus on increasing the productivity and competitiveness of selected livestock value chains and improving the quality and diversity of household diet through intake of livestock product. Integrated into these components

This will not only address the high demand for certified

are the crosscutting objectives of engaging people living

seeds in Ethiopia, but also provide farmers with better

with HIV/AIDS, gender equity, promotion of ICT solutions,

market access and a better price, thus enhancing

environmental mitigation and natural resource management.

economic growth and development.

Total direct beneficiaries: 5,000

Total direct beneficiaries: 5,380

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EARLY SEED GENERATION II

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arly Seed Generation II Project follows a successful pilot that was undertaken to test farmer-led basic and prebasic wheat seed production in Ethiopia.

That project was one of the first of its kind in the country, and demonstrated that farmers at community-level could produce quality basic and pre-basic seed for sale and distribution.

The second phase of the project will test this innovative approach to farmer-led early generation seed production on a wider scale, and extend the reach of farmer led seed production to a new region - Amhara, and to new crop – maize.

The project aims to prove the viability of farmer-led seed production as a means to address limited seed availability in Ethiopia.

BUILDING RESILIENCE THROUGH SEED AND CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE

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his project is being funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations through its improved agricultural solutions initiative. It is designed

to improve the resilience of smallholder men and women living in drought prone areas of in the East Shewa district of Oromia region Ethiopia.

The adoption of conservation agriculture techniques, together with increased availability and utilisation of improved quality seed, will help increase crop production, enhance food security and alleviate rural poverty. The promotion of conservation agriculture as a sustainable agriculture practice to enhance natural resource management and crop production will improve access of smallholder farmers to drought-tolerent varieties of maize, teff and haricot bean seed, which are the main food crops produced in the area.

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SCALING UP OF COMMUNITY-BASED SEED PRODUCTION AND MULTIPLICATION

mproving Smallholders’ Food Security in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR) is an 18-month project funded by Irish Aid, to be implemented by SHA

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SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES (STAR) PROJECT rowth in agriculture has the potential to have an enormous impact on poverty reduction, however Ethiopian agriculture is dominated by small-scale

in collaboration with the Bureau of Agriculture of SNNPR,

subsistence and rain-fed production systems using few inputs

Ethiopia. The project’s goal is to increase food security and

and characterised by low productivity. Farmers are extremely

economic growth for 6,000 male and female farmers within

vulnerable to external shocks such as extreme climatic events

the region.

including drought and floods, as well as diseases and volatile global markets. This project is designed to address these

The project has been designed based on success and lessons

problems and improve food security in one of the poorest and

learnt from previous SHA seed projects. It aims to diversify

most food- insecure woredas in North Shewa zone of Oromia

and increase productivity of crops through the provision of

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wheat, haricot bean and teff seed, and the establishment of farmer based seed production and multiplication. It will build

Over 24 months Self Help Africa will directly target 2,800

and strengthen cooperative leaders and staff, and enhance

(30% female) smallholders to increase their capacity to

the capacity of government extension staff to ensure effective

diversify livelihood activities, improve their wealth, food and

service delivery to smallholders.

livelihood security. The project will focus on improving the production and productivity of crops and livestock and create

The improvement of natural resource management is

better market linkages for farmers.

also core to the project. Communities will be trained on the importance of sustainable use of their resource base

Problems of soil erosion and watershed management will

to reverse the effects of environmental degradation and

be addressed through the introduction of appropriate

promote environmental protection.

technologies among all stakeholders. Cooperatives will be

Total direct beneficiaries: 6,000

strengthened to ensure farmers are engaging in the relevant value chains and linkages will be created with rural savings and credit cooperatives (RuSACCOs) to provide farmers with access to financial services. Linking development initiatives with cooperatives and RuSACCOs will also ensure sustainability of interventions in the post-project period.

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Total direct beneficiaries: 2,800

PASTORALIST LIVELIHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Cooperative members will be trained in marketing, business planning and quality standards. This will enable collective

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he Pastoralist Livelihood Improvement Project is a pilot

marketing, improve access to markets and enable farmers to

that is being implemented in the remote and arid

continue to invest in beekeeping and improve their livelihood

Afar region of Northern Ethiopia, in partnership with

security.

Emmanuel Development Association.

The project seeks to build the capability of pastoralists to

Total direct beneficiaries: 130

adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change. The goal is to assist communities to cope with changing climate in one of the hottest low-lying regions in the world, and will work specifically with semi-nomadic communities in three areas

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CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE

(kebeles) of Afar Region. The project will also seek to build knowledge and experience to allow for subsequent scaling-up to other pastoralists.

Total direct beneficiaries: 1,500

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collaboration with SOS-Shale, FARM Africa and Vita, this ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Project’ will commence in January 2015.

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Developed to promote a CSA approach towards achieving food security, it is built built on three key pillars of: increasing productivity and incomes, enhancing resilience of livelihoods,

IMPROVING HONEY PRODUCTION AND QUALITY

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and reducing agriculture’s contribution to climate change.

The project covers 15 districts (woredas) categorised into four clusters, with consortium members taking responsibility for

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implementation in a district each.

As well as addressing the challenges presented by low

systems of resources critical to resilience (water, wetlands,

production, this project will also seek to address the current

farmlands, communal land and forests) and embedding

poor quality of honey that is produced in the country.

location specific climate change adaptation and mitigation

thiopian beekeepers currently realise just 10% of their production potential, and meet less than 10% of the

The CSA Project will strengthen the resilience of individuals,

market demand within the country for honey.

households and communities by improving and diversifying livelihoods, developing community- based management

into its development initiative.

95% of Ethiopian beekeepers use traditional beekeeping methods and do not have access to modern hives. By providing training and improving hive production, the honey

Total direct beneficiaries: 7,750

harvest per hive can be increased by at least 30%, while honey producer cooperatives can assist beekeepers to market their produce collectively to processing companies who wish to buy in bulk.

With funding from Jersey Overseas Aid Commission, this project will work with farmers to increase their production and return from beekeeping. The project will train smallholders in basic bee husbandry, queen bee rearing, colony multiplication and nutrition. It will purchase and distribute hives and seedlings for bees to forage and establish nine honey cooperatives.

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