www.selfhelpafrica.org

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