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Scaling-up agricultural production and developing new
enterprise and market opportunities for farmers and
rural households has become a key focus of Self Help
Africa’s work in Ethiopia.
In 2013 the organisation will invest upwards of€2.5 million
in seven development projects, all of which are being
implemented in collaboration with local and/or international
partners.
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In 2011 SHA piloted a project in Eastern Hararghe which
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.
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
Programme Donor Timeframe ImplementingPartner
ProgrammeArea
Total Budget
Market Innovation forSmallholder GroundnutFarmers
Rural Savings andCredit Cooperatives II
Smallholder Markets and Agriculture ResilienceTransformation
Malt Barley Value-Chain Development
Mungbean Productionfor LivelihoodImprovement
Livestock GrowthProgramme
Climate Resilience andCooperatives inEthiopia
Irish Aid,Electric Aid
€ 36,614 07-02-11
31-12-13
Afran Kelo Cooperative Oromia Region
Irish Aid, Irish League of Credit Unions, Terrafina Microfinance
€ 695,965 01-01-13
31-12-15
SACCO Unions:Awash, Keleta, Ifa Boru,Yenestanet Fana,Sidama Chalala
Oromia and SNNPRegions
European Union € 1,270,000 01-04-12
31-10-13
International Development Enterprises (IDE),Oxfam GB,SOS Sahel
Oromia and SNNPRegions
Irish Aid € 353,655 01-04-12
31-10-13
Farmer Cooperatives:Galema,Raya Kajema
Oromia Region
Irish Aid, Vitol Foundation
€ 170,000 01-04-12
31-10-13
EmmanuelDevelopment Association
Amhara Region
USAID € 426,594 28-01-13
31-09-15
CNFA SNNP Region
Canadian International Development Association (CIDA)
€ 1,464,646 01-01-13
31-06-14
The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA), Ethiowetlands
Amhara Region
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I 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.
Member-run RuSACCOs have a comparative advantage as
financial providers, and particularly so in rural communities
where less than 15% of households have access to credit.
In 2013 SHA, in collaboration with the Irish League of
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
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Self Help Africa’s EU-backed SMART Project aims to
strengthen food security and build resilience of 36,500
households living in 13 drought-affected areas of
Oromia and SNNP regions.
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
access to low cost irrigation, to credit, and support for
measures that build local capacity.
Total direct beneficiaries 12,000
Self 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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M ung bean is a highly nutritional cereal crop used
as dry beans or fresh sprouts, green manure and
forage for livestock. SHA initiated a project to
develop mung bean production for household consumption
and to support the certification of mung bean for export
market purposes. Key interventions revolve around the
provision of agricultural inputs (e.g., seed, water pumps and
farm implements), training and technical assistance on crop
production, organic fertilizer preparation and application,
irrigation and water use management, soil and water
conservation, entrepreneurship skills, household financial
management and the advantages of cooperatives.
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
project will also promote mung beans as a crop suitable for
the area and to go towards meeting the nutritional needs of
participating households. The focus on improving post- harvest
handling, storage and establishing market links for mung
beans will enable farmers to increase their bargaining power
and returns from enterprises thereby moving from subsistence
agriculture to enterprise development.
Total direct beneficiaries 925
Self 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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As part of a consortium led by US-based non-profit
organisation CNFA, Self Help Africa will be 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
are the crosscutting objectives of engaging people living
with HIV/AIDS, gender equity, promotion of ICT solutions,
environmental mitigation and natural resource management.
Total direct beneficiaries 5,000
This 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.
The project is designed to improve the food and nutritional
security of households through the promotion of diversified
and integrated crop and livestock production systems,
increased soil fertility, and improved use of available water.
The sustainable management of natural resources in the wider
catchment area will be improved by restoring private and
community-owned forests and grasslands through effective,
affordable and replicable solutions in line with the natural and
socio-economic function of watersheds.
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 EthiopiaKirkos Subcity, Africa Avenue, H.No. 930/01, P.O.Box 1204,Addis Ababa, EthiopiaTel. +251 118 8382