Project Highlights

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The ANRS• Famine/Poverty and Development Challenges

– Accelerated Natural Resource degradation

– Absence of the use of new and appropriate technologies

– Weak basic service delivery institutional arrangements

– Poor/weak rural market infrastructure

– Limited on- and off-farm income generating activities

• 47/105 woredas are food insecure - 40% of the ANRS population is chronically food

insecure, and

- 70% of children under five in the food insecure woredas are stunted.

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The challenges are immense.THERE IS A NEED FOR AN INTEGRATED and

SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENTEFFORT.

THIS IS THE APPROACH AMAREW ISTAKING

COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENTTECHNOLOGY GENERATION AND

DISSEMINATIONMICRO-ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENTINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING

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ANRS Relevant Policy Thrusts

• National poverty reduction strategy– “ The medium- to long-term target is to reduce

the absolute size of the food insecure rural population and make them exit from food aid”

(FDRE, 2002:v)

• Regional food security program– Increase agricultural production and productivity

as well as income of rural households

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USAID/Ethiopia RHPP SO

• SO 7: rural household production and productivity increased (RHPP SO)

IR3 rural household cash income increased/diversified IR4 food, agriculture and environment research

systems in target areas strengthenedIR5 dissemination of food, agriculture and

environmental information in target areas improved

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Complementing interests

ANRS STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS USAID RHPP SO

AMAREWPROJECT

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THE AMAREW CONSORTIUM

VIRGINIA TECH(EXTENSION AND

RESEARCH)

VIRGINIA STATEUNIVERSITY

(EXTENSION ANDRESEARCH with VT) CORNELL

UNIVERSITY(WATERSHED)

ACDI/VOCA(MED)

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PROJECT COMPONENTS

PART I

RESEARCH

EXTENSION

WATERSHED

PART II

MED

CROSS CUTTINGISSUES

HIV/AIDSGENDERCAPACITY BUILDING

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PARTNERSHIP

AMAREW PROJECT

BoA

ARARI

EPLAUAACSI

MSEIDB

R2D

BoRD FSPCO

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Ethiopian Collaborator institutions

• Alemaya University

• Bahir Dar University

• Debub University

• Mekele University

• Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization (EARO)

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More on partnership

• Competitive grants and mentorship program linking US CRSP Universities with research and extension professionals in the ANRS

• Resource Institutions:CRSP Council UniversitiesCGIAR Centers

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Integration and operational modality

WATERSHED LEVEL

WATERSHED

EXTENSIONRESEARCH

MED

EXTENSION WOREDA LEVEL

EXTENSIONRESEARCH

MED

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Project Purpose

To provide technical assistance and management support to help the ANRS implement its Regional Food Security Program under RHPP SO of USAID/Eth.

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Implementation

AMAREW Project Implementation started in earnest after the kick-off workshop of September 2002 when the original four members of the long-term personnel arrived at Bahir Dar.

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PROJECT WORKING AREASDROUGHT PRONE WOREDAS OF THE AMHARA REGION

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AMAREW Project intervention woredas

SEKOTA

GUBALAFTO

KOBO

TEHULEDERE

SIMADA

KALU

DELANTA DAWINT

LAY GAINT

BELESSA

GERA KEYA

Research

Extension

MED

Extension+MED

All converge

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Yeku, SEKOTA

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6 – 7 meters

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Lenche Dima, Guba Lafto

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Achievements and progress

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Adaptive Research Number of on-farm trials and demonstrations

NO. Intervention

Components

Research Centers

Adet Sirinka Debre Brhan

Sekota

1. Plant Resources 59 27 53 13

2. Natural Resources Management

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3. Animal Feeds, Nutrition and Health

3 4 6

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Technologies recom’d and disseminated

• Six barley, five potato, four bread wheat, and one groundnut varieties with their production packages were identified and recommended in the pilot woredas.

• 30 quintals of certified seed of three performance proven Striga resistant sorghum varieties were introduced from INTSORMIL / Purdue University and distributed to hundreds of farmers.

 

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Sorghum Field or Flower Garden?

Striga Menace

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OUR VISION

Cont.

Natural Resources and Environmental technologies introduced

• Six tree species having good performance and high survival

• Single yoke harness drawn by oxen and camel, and

• Treadle and chain & washer water pump having good performance were identified and recommended to the pilot woredas

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Demonstration Planting materials – potato,

– onion,

– sweet potato

– cassava,

– shallot,

– coffee and apple

have been made available to farmers in the pilot extension woredas to promote hortic’l production

Extension Service

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Skill training materials– Molding frames for fuel saving stoves

– Sets of materials that would assist in the processing and handling of honey and

– Sets of materials that would assist in the production of standard fishing nets

have been made available to support the farmer training activity in the extension pilot woredas.

cont.

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Watershed Management and Development• A multi-disciplinary regional Integrated

Watershed Development Management Team (IWDMT) formed to support and oversee policy reforms, pilot activities, and community development programs in the pilot watersheds established

• Community Watershed Management Organizations (CWMOs) established and empowered in the two pilot watersheds

 

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GENDER BALANCED COMMUNITY PARTICPATION

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PLANNING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS

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Watershed cont’d

• Holistic and integrated watershed management plans have been developed with the full participation of communities and stakeholders and their implementation is under progress

• Area closures created in the two pilot watersheds have become social closures with no armed guards or fences, but only due to the agreement reached among the community members to self-police and exclude animals and to avoid cutting of vegetation.

• Used R2D food resources to implement activities

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Training: Long-term

No. Training category Partner organization Total

ARARI BOA

1. M.S.degree 3 2 5

2. Summer B.S.degree 10 10

3. Regular B.S. degree 3 3

Total 18

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Training: Short-term Number and type of participants in the different category of short-

term training in the five pilot woredas and two watersheds. Farmers

No. Category of training

Extension Workers Female Male Total

1. Crop production and protection 34 340 374

2. Livestock husbandry 108 144 411 663

3. Natural resources management 50 179 190 419

4. Nutrition, HIV/AIDS and family

planning

74 113 116 303

5. Marketing and extension

methodologies

45 44 190 279

Total 311 480 1247 2038

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Training of Trainers (ToT)

• Best option to reach DAs was ToT at ATVET colleges

• Taught over 300 ATVET faculty and administrators

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Home Science Agent Situation

• Extension Communications and Home Science made one area of Expertise

• Pilot Woreda Training conducted in June 03 with experts from the US

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Educational study tour• In-country educational study tours were organized for 18

extension experts, 8 DAs and 43 farmers.

• In-country educational tour was organized for eight researchers of ARARI.

• Eleven researchers of ARARI were sent to India for educational and technology shopping tour.

• Facilitated the trip of four officials from BoA and BoRD to join the India team with SIDA financial support.

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Micro-Enterprise Development• Assisted in finalizing Mgt Info System for

ACSI

• A study of existing and potential markets in Eastern Amhara was carried out with the assistance of a group of business students at Bahir Dar University (BDU).

• Contributed to capacity building of ACSI and MSEIDB staff

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The way forwardUSAID Mission’s new strategic direction in

Economic growth:

- Breaking the cycle of famine

- Strengthening agricultural production systems

- Management and utilization of Nat. Resources

- Increased access to input and output markets

- Strengthening Micro-enterprise devel’t

- Improved land tenure security for small holder farmers

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AMAREW’s compatibility with the new strategic directions of the USAID Mission

Actively working in:– Agr. system improvement through strengthening and effectively

linking research and extension: Paradigm Shift– Improving household level food prod’n and product’y –

Improving Food Security – Integrated watershed and nat. resources management– Micro enterprise development and market promotion– Assisting in the implementation of the new regional land use

certification system – Strengthening the capacity of local institutions– Addressing key cross cutting issues

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The future of these children is at stake!!!

AMAREW believes,Development intervention is a more sustainable and dignified option than food aid

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Acknowledgements

• USAID (for funding the project)

• The ANRS Partners (as implementers and owners of the AMAREW Project) – FSPCO, BoA, ARARI, EPLAUA,ACSI,

MSEIDB, R2D

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THANK YOU!