E T HI OP I A
2014
S
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
zambia
ETHIOPIA
ERITREA
burkinafaso
04. Early Seed Generation II
ghana
kenya
togo
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
ETHIOPIA
SNNPR 09. Improving Honey Production and Quality
2. Malt Barley Value-Chain Development
SOMALIA 06. Scaling Up of Community-Based Seed Production and Multiplication
04
KENYA
01. RuSACCO II
01 02 03 04
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
05
06 07 08 09 10
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
ETHIOPIA PROGRAMMES
Programme
2015
€ 200,000
2014 2015
€ 114,000
2014 2015
2016
SNNPR
SOS Sahel, Farm Africa, Vita
SNNPR
05
01
RURAL SAVINGS AND CREDIT COOPERATIVES II
In the coming years the RuSACCO programme will seek to
ETHIOPIA PROGRAMMES
improve the operational and financial capacity of SACCO
I
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
02
S
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.
06
Total direct beneficiaries: 6,000
03
S
ETHIOPIA PROGRAMMES
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
04
05
EARLY SEED GENERATION II
E
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
T
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.
Total direct beneficiaries: 6,000 07
ETHIOPIA PROGRAMMES 06
I
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
07
G
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
Regional State.
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.
08
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
T
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
10
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
A
collaboration with SOS-Shale, FARM Africa and Vita, this ‘Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Project’ will commence in January 2015.
ETHIOPIA PROGRAMMES
08
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
09
and reducing agriculture’s contribution to climate change. The project covers 15 districts (woredas) categorised into four clusters, with consortium members taking responsibility for
E
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.
09