Abstract:
Farmers in the North Shewa zone of Amhara Regional State heavily depends on mixed
agriculture for their livelihoods. The war has caused tremendous damages and losses to the
productive assets and supportive agricultural infrastructures and makes the community
vulnerable to food insecurity. It has aggravated the socio-economic conditions of the population.
To curve the situation and improve the livelihood of affected communities a recovery projects
have been designed. The project is expected to contribute for the recovery and improvement of
food and nutrition security through the restoration of productive assets, agricultural
infrastructures and capacity building of affected communities and their institutions. The project
will focus on the nine war affected districts and communities of North Shewa zone. The potential
target groups will comprise about 10,000 households which directly or indirectly affected by the
conflict. The project comprised different components: recovery and improvement of crop and
livestock production by promoting relevant packages that include inputs and technical capacity
building, restoration of assets and infrastructures with their facilities. Support will be provided to
fill in some of the identified gaps and strengthen the beneficiary households and institutions. The
project is expected to be funded by the government, non-government organizations. In addition
the beneficiaries are also expected to contribute in cash or kind (such as labour contribution). An
estimated amount of about 4,186,537,224 Ethiopian Birr is required for the three years life time
of the project.
