Ethiopia

$51.5 million to boost incomes of rural people and increase food security by developing the untapped potential of high-potential areas.

GAFSP co-finances the Agriculture Growth Program (AGP) which aims to increase agricultural productivity and market access for key crop and livestock products in targeted woredas with increased participation of women and youth. The AGP particularly focuses on developing the untapped potential of relatively well-endowed areas. In the project area, the AGP will: (i) sustainably increase agricultural productivity and production; (ii) accelerate agricultural commercialisation and agro-industrial development; (iii) reduce degradation and improve productivity of natural resources; and (iv) improve food and nutrition security and protect vulnerable households from natural disasters.

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Agricultural Production and Commercialization

GAFSP financing will (i) strengthen Agricultural and Rural Development Partners Linkages Advisory Councils (ARDPLACs), (ii) scale up best practices under the guidance of the AGP Community-level Participatory Planning (CLPP) Manual, the Scaling up Best Practices Manual, the Farmer Innovation Fund and Adaptive Research Guidelines along with the supporting extension guidelines, and (iii) market and agribusiness development.

Small-scale Rural Infrastructure Development and Management

GAFSP financing will support the construction, rehabilitation, and/or improvement of small-scale infrastructure that contributes to increased productivity in AGP woredas. These investments are also intended to improve mobility and access to markets.

Technical Assistance for Sectoral Constraint Analysis and Investment Capacity Building and Project Management

GAFSP financing will develop public sector capacity for sectoral analysis and program development in agriculture and food security, build implementation capacity of key agencies through training and institution building support and enable effective implementation of the proposed project.

Interactive Map: Ethiopia

This interactive map of Ethiopia identifies the woredas (districts) where the AGP is active. GAFSP contributes about 23% of the total AGP financing, which is also supported by other development partners, including the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). GAFSP funds are being channeled into a pooled AGP fund to increase donor coordination and to decrease project administrative costs.

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The map is broken down into 11 regions, 81 zones, and 550 woredas (districts). The 83 AGP project areas (at the woreda level) are spread across the four regions of Amhara, Oromiya, Tigray, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR). AGP activities are primarily in the highlands temperate mixed zones, where the climatic conditions are relatively temperate and that, with AGP support, have considerable potential for agricultural growth. In these areas small-scale farmers crop an average area of less than 1 hectare (ranging between 0.25 and 2.3 hectares). The interactive map shows sub-national poverty and population density data, as well information on the predominant farming systems in the various regions.

More Information

Selected Supervising Entities:

World Bank (Investment activities), FAO (Technical Assistance activities)

Contacts:

Mr. Andrew Goodland (Task Team Leader (Senior Agriculture Economist), agoodland@worldbank.org) for the World Bank, based in Addis Ababa.
Mr Garry Smith (Principal Advisor, Garry.Smith@fao.org, +39 06 5705 5432) for FAO, based in Rome.
Mr. Castro Camarada (FAO Representative for Ethiopia, Castro.Camarada@fao.org, +251 11 6478749) for FAO, based in Addis Ababa.