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Overview of the productive Safety Net
Program
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Food Security Coordination Directorate
Background The Government of Ethiopia launched the New
Coalition for Food Security in Ethiopia in 2003 Since 2003 , the program has been under
implementation in 290 chronically food insecure woredas
Core objectives of the Food Security Programme
Enabling 8.29 million chronically food insecure people to attain food security
Significantly improving the food security situation of 6.71 million additional food insecure people
FSP has three components…
1. Resettlement
2. Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP)
3. Other Food Security Programme
Presentation focuses mainly on PSNP…
PSNP
PSNP is a multi-donor funded program designed to address short-term consumption gaps of chronically food insecure households through the provision of multi year predictable resources.
Objective of PSNP
To provide transfers to the food insecure households in chronically food insecure woredas in a way that prevents asset depletion at the household level and creates asset at the community level.
Development partners PSNP is implemented by the Government of Ethiopia
with the support of:
DFID EC WORLD BANK CIDA SIDA RNE WFP USAIDIrish Aid
PSNP Components
1. Direct Support
2. Public Works
Direct Support
Ensures support to households who lack labour, have no other means of support, and who are chronically food insecure
DS beneficiaries can participate in light community works such as community child-care centre at public works sites or nutrition education
Public Works
Under the Public Works component :-
Labor intensive activities will be designed to provide employment to food insecure households
Sustainable community assets will be developed Natural resource base and social infrastructure will
be improved Watersheds will, be developed properly , and this
will help in increasing productivity and improving livelihoods
Public Works Activities Soil and water conservation Water harvesting Small-scale irrigation Water supply schemes Afforestation Rural infrastructure development Construction of social services
Percolation ponds for water harvesting, recharging underground
water table
Gully Reclamation Work
Check dams for water harvesting
Reforestation
Water harvesting
Mini dams and river diversions
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Health Post Construction
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Bridge Construction
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Road Construction
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School Construction
Impacts to date
Delivery of timely transfers to poorest citizens in rural areas
PSNP played a critical role in responding to the crisis Productive Public works Constructed : . Productive assets are created for communities (primary schools, health services, potable water, FTC, Rural feeder roads) Household food security is improved Progress towards graduation: . More than 524,000 people became food self sufficient who were food insecure in 2006 PSNP has shown a measurable impact on beneficiaries
livelihoods as measured by income and assets
Some lessons learned PSNP demonstrated value of shift away
from humanitarian response system to more development oriented approach
Year on year improvements on timely transfers
Capacity to implement overall programme is improved
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