Etiopia
Inspired by our experience in Mozambique, our goal in Ethiopia is to implement a socio-economic development programme in a broad region.
To improve agricultural production and productivity of farming families through training, crop diversifi cation, implementing good agricultural practices in dual-purpose crops (both food and cash crops) and facilitating access to agricultural inputs and credit.
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"Thanks to the programme we are able to raise chickens which helps us to eat better and sell the surplus."
Tigist Hasoo , (farmer):
"We would like to increase the agricultural production and productivity of farmers in Arsi in the dominant crops of the area. Moreover, to strengthen institutional and community relations in support of rural women with the im of strengthening their economic empowerment. Next, to start working in the environmental sector, promoting the community sustainable management and recovery of degraded areas."
Fabrizio Graglia, Cooperative in Ethiopia
Chronicle by Jorge L. from Ethiopia
3 September 2021
Data from 2024. If you need more information, you can access reports and publications
Areas of activity
Oromía
To set a socio-economic development programme into motion in a large region, we had to first learn about the country, settle in and do some test runs. Ethiopia is a complex country with its own alphabet, language, calendar and time zone. After evaluating different options, we decided to focus our work on Oromia, one of the nine regional states that make up the federation of Ethiopia. It is the most populated region, with 33 million people.
In Oromia our operations are concentrated in the administrative zone of Arsi. It is one of the poorest areas of the region, but is well connected, has high agricultural potential and fertile land divided into three zones: the lowland is optimal for irrigation, the middle zone for planting cereals, and the highland for growing barley, apple trees and other crops.
Why we're here?
3.Agricultural development
Training, advice, financing and support for the creation of new agricultural activities and infrastructure.
1.Cooperative advice
If there’s one thing we know about in our area, it’s how to start up a cooperative. Through cooperatives, the people in the local communities where we operate boost the area’s socio-economic development.
2.Training people
We train people so they can change their world. Therefore, training is the cornerstone of Mundukide’s projects. People learn at school, but they also learn at work, in the family and from the community.
6. Gender equality
At Mundukide, we firmly believe in gender equality as a fundamental pillar for the sustainable development and well-being of our communities. Aware of the challenges and persistent inequalities that women face in different areas, we are pleased to present the…
8.Environmental sustainability
Our commitment to the environment is a cross-cutting theme in all areas of our work.
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In 2018, as part of our Strategic Plan, we decided to launch a new programme in another African country.
The aim was to use our experience in Mozambique and adapt it to other communities. After analysing and assessing different options, we chose Ethiopia. All the work we have done in Mozambique over the last 20 years has taught us a lesson that we want to apply in Ethiopia: always work hand in hand with NGOs and local associations to strengthen equitable and sustainable development.
After several visits, trial runs and interviews, we found a local partner in the NGO SOS Sahel Ethiopia. Together we started a process of contacting our target groups – peasant families. We carried out surveys to identify needs and conducted field visits. After gathering all the fieldwork and information, we defined our first project.
While the programme was based on Mozambique, the particularities of Ethiopia are very different. Therefore, we are starting with a more modest project, which will serve as a lesson for a more ambitious programme in the future, and with a long-term projection of 8-10 years. But the objective is the same: to further the development of a project that is sustainable over time.
In terms of agriculture, the idea is to improve cereal and legume cultivation in the rainy season, and much like Mozambique, introduce small-scale irrigation in the dry season. We also want to work on livestock production, focusing specifically on animal nutrition. This is a very important sector in Ethiopia, and therefore a strategic activity. Ethiopia is the country with the largest number of livestock in Africa.
Ethiopia is a densely populated country, which makes access to land difficult and extremely limited. Much of the land has also been degraded by deforestation, with forests cut down to build houses or use as firewood. Our project also has an environmental aspect since another goal is to restore degraded lands.
This project also includes specific initiatives which focus on rural women.
So far, the entire project has been funded by Mundukide. We are waiting for cooperation grants to provide the means to move the programme forward.
Etiopia
- Capital: Adís Abeba
- Language: Amhárico
- Area: 1.104.300 km²
- Population: 98.665.000 hab.
