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Africa
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Rapid and sustainable income
improvement through honey production
Ethiopian beekeepers standing by new beehives
Agricultural production
and marketing support project
Typical irrigation under construction
© Eleanor Bentall/Tearfund
Summary and objectives
Target groups
Summary and objectives
Target groups
Ethiopia is suffering from soaring food, energy and
9 000 resource-poor beekeepers in three woredas
Food prices have risen sharply since 2006. Infl ation
An estimated 43 500 people from seven targeted
input prices; for example the price of white maize, the
(districts) in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and
in the year to March 2009 was 45.2%, of which food
districts in the Oromiya and SNNP regions.
cereal most widely consumed by the poor, is currently
64% higher compared to the 2004-2008 average.
The projects aims to rapidly increase the incomes
of 12 500 resource-poor, rural households to enable
them to cope with rising food prices by improving their
beekeeping practices, their skills and their knowledge
of new technologies in a sustainable way. The aim is
to raise the quality and quantity of honey they produce,
and to link honey producers to reliable markets
to generate regular incomes.
Main activities
The principal activities will include the training of
farmers in modern beekeeping and honey harvesting
techniques; the distribution of transitional and
People’s Region (SNNPR).
Final beneficiaries
54 000 people (the families of the 9 000 targeted
beekeepers).
Total estimated cost *
€ 2 388 632
Amount requested *
€ 2 164 632
Partners
Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers (SNV), Netherlands;
Ethiopian Beekeepers Association (EBA), Ethiopian
price infl ation averaged 59.2%. In all, 43 500 people
will benefi t directly from this project. They include
small-holding farmers (8 000 households), landless
households, and women-headed and vulnerable
households. Farmers lack appropriate storage
facilities. As supply of food crops in the local market
increases at harvest, prices decline. If farmers can
store grain and release it steadily, income can be
increased and stabilised. Access to improved seed
and fertilisers will be targeted. It is intended to engage
landless households in productive activities. In return
for their labour contribution, they will be paid cash.
An estimated 3 500 landless people, and 2 000 vulnerable
women will be targeted through provision of
micro-fi nance.
Final beneficiaries
An estimated 200 000 people in the seven targeted
districts.
Total estimated cost *
€ 1 249 094
Amount requested *
€ 1 124 185
Partners
Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church Development
Program, Terepeza Development Association,
Meserete Kirstos Church Relief and Development
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modern hives and tools; propagation of bee colonies;
upgrading of honey collection and collection centres
Honey and Beeswax Producers and Exporters
Association (EHBPEA), Ethiopia.
Main activities
Association, Ethiopian Mulu Wongel Amagnoch
Church Development Organisation, Ethiopia.
to meet quality standards; linking of collection centres
• 2 500 people secure access to irrigation to
to established private sector companies with reliable
improve food production and income;
and expanding markets; and fi nally to provide support
• 1 736 landless households participate in
to private sector companies in order to reach their
employment creation schemes;
commercial markets.
• at least three food grain storage facilities
established;
Food and Agricultural Research
Management Limited – Africa
(FARM-Africa), United Kingdom
farmafrica@farmafrica.org.uk
www.farmafrica.org.uk
DCI-FOOD/128608/87
• 40 000 people (8 000 households) supported
to access improved agricultural inputs (seeds,
fertilizers and foot pumps);
• 5 500 people empowered through access to
credit, savings schemes, and micro-credit.
Tearfund, United Kingdom
enquiries@tearfund.org
www.tearfund.org
DCI-FOOD/128608/199
* Actions and amounts can be discussed/negotiated among the parties
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