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Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Chilli peppers grown using IDE’s low-cost irrigation
equipment
One of the Oxfam GB Agriculture Programme target areas
EU/REST improving livelihoods of female farmers in
Wukro/Tigray
Sharing good practice by supporting cross-visits
between agricultural cooperatives
Projects funded by the EU
Rural Agricultural Productivity
Improvement and Development
(RAPID)
Summary and objectives
Sustainable access to agricultural inputs, increase of
agricultural productivity and access to new market
opportunities for smallholder farmers.
Target groups
6 600 poor rural households, supply chain actors,
agro-processors, microfi nance institutions, cooperatives
and relevant government institutions.
Final beneficiaries
Smallholder farmers, farmer organisations, rural
fi nancial institutions, agrobusinesses, agricultural
research institutions and public extension services.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 724 071
Grant awarded
€ 1 551 664
Partners
SOS SAHEL Ethiopia, Mennonite Economic
Development Associates of Canada, Buussa
Gonofaa Microfi nancing, OMO Micro Finance
Institution.
Supporting production and marketbased
solutions to soaring food
prices
Summary and objectives
To strengthen agricultural sector production
capacities and governance in order to enhance the
sustainability of interventions in 15 districts of the
Oromia and Amhara states.
Target groups
Smallholder farmers in the action areas.
Final beneficiaries
40 000 households (representing 200 000 benefi ciaries),
of whom 50% will be women.
Total estimated cost
€ 2 232 057
Grant awarded
€ 1 984 598
Partners
Facilitators for Change in Ethiopia (FCE), Organisation
for Rehabilitation & Development in Amhara
(ORDA), Rift valley Children & Women Development
Organisation (RCWDO), Rural Organisation for the
Betterment of Agro-pastoralists (ROBA).
Tigray Food Access Program (FAP)
Summary and objectives
To rapidly boost agricultural productivity and incomes
of smallholder farmers in areas affected by price fl uctuations
and food insecurity, by linking and integrating
safety nets, irrigation, diverse farming enterprises and
marketing, and supporting institutions.
Target groups
Households with year-round chronic food insecurity,
Ethiopia Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP)
benefi ciaries, poor women-run households, and the
disabled.
Final beneficiaries
5 626 households (28 130 people) where 3 038 are
poor and vulnerable women-run households.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 408 495
Grant awarded
€ 1 266 660
Partners
In association with local government administration,
sectoral offi ces for agriculture, rural development
and water, community-based bodies incorporating
women and youth associations.
Agriculture Cooperative
Development Programme (ACDP)
Summary and objectives
To reduce the vulnerability of 100 000 people in
Oromia and SNNRPS by the end of 2011, by improving
food security and access to agriculture inputs for
17 500 households that are members of agricultural
cooperatives in 11 target districts.
Target groups
17 500 cooperative members – resource-poor
farmers facing conditions of food insecurity.
Final beneficiaries
100 000 cooperative members and their households.
Total estimated cost
€ 1 463 808
Grant awarded
€ 1 317 428
Partners
Meki Batu Vegetable and Fruit Growers Cooperative
Union, Farmers Cooperative Unions (Walta, Melik,
Raya Wakana, and Siko Mendo), the Southern
Region and Oromia Region Bureaus of Rural
Development and Agriculture.
International Development
Enterprises UK, United Kingdom
info@ide-uk.org
www.ide-uk.org
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-568
Oxfam GB, United Kingdom
addisababa@oxfam.org.uk
www.oxfam.org.uk
Contract DCI-FOOD/214-051
Relief Society of Tigray (REST),
Ethiopia
rest@ethionet.et
www.rest-tigray.org.et
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-566
Self Help Africa, United Kingdom
infouk@selfhelpafrica.net
www.selfhelpafrica.net
Contract DCI-FOOD/213-289
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