PROJECT SUMMARY
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AMU Project code |
EXT/UK/VPRCE/02/2014 |
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Project status |
Ongoing |
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Project short-name (acronym) |
AMCA-Enset |
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Project phase |
I |
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Partner(s)/ country(ies) |
Christian Aid (UK), SOS Sahel (UK) |
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AMU coordinating office(s) |
Vice President for Research and Community Engagement |
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Project type |
Community Engagement |
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Project location |
South Ethiopia |
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Target Communities |
Enset growing farmers |
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Project coordinator |
Behailu Merdekios (Assoc. Prof.) |
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Project manager |
Addisu Fekadu (PhD) |
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Principal investigator |
Addisu Fekadu (PhD) |
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Total project budget (€) |
62,400 |
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Project start |
1-Mar-2022 |
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Project end |
31-Dec-2022 |
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Contact person (e-mail) |
Dr. Addisu Fekadu (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) |
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Project Management Office |
Office of the Director for Grant and Collaborative Project Management: Dr. Thomas Torora (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
In this specific project, the resilience and capacity of enset growing communities in Southern Ethiopia will be enhances to cope with future shocks will be improved through enhanced incomes, introduction of innovative technologies and linkages with a new sustainable market. The project is planned to address key challenges in the targeted selected enset growing communities such as: (1) lack of economic opportunity from untapped high value agricultural products from Enset, (2) unemployment and irregular migration, (3) poor business and market development, (4) food security and weak resilience to climate shocks, and (5) poor Enset production & processing practices, technologies, marketing systems & policies. Through tackling these interrelated problems, this intervention will: introduce new processing technology, diversify livelihoods with creation of on-farm and off-farm works to create rural jobs for unemployed youth and women. Improving practices that will ensure long-term sustainability. The action will address food security, livelihoods and large migration, enable the Action clients to diversify and increase incomes by selling high value and diversified Enset products which will improve their resilience to shocks by enhancing their purchasing power; enhance the link between research, extension, markets and policy making processes and strengthen the capacity of women owned enterprises to engage in decision making processes & empower women with agency and voice; influence policies and practices to leverage institutional and systemic changes and to transform Enset culture.