Federal democratic republic of ethiopia ministry of agriculture
ORGANIZATION OF THE PROGRAM DOCUMENT
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ORGANIZATION OF THE PROGRAM DOCUMENTPart II discusses details of the program description. The program is designed to include five components: (i) agricultural public support services; (ii) agricultural research; (iii) small-scale irrigation development; (iv) agricultural marketing and value chain development and (v) program management, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation. Description for each component starts with an overview that explains the rationale and objectives for the intervention, how the components are systematic interlinked with one another and mainstreamed cross cutting issues (particularly, gender, nutrition and climate smart) whereas some strategic interventions are addressed in component v. Figure : Program logical Model Support Agricultural Research System for Enhanced technology supply (CP II) Agricultural Marketing and Value chain (CP IV) Program Management, Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning (CP V) Small Scale Irrigation (CP III) Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Commercialization of Smallholder Farmers Public Agricultural Service (CP I) PART II: PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Overview Ethiopia is endowed with significant environmental and natural resources to increase agricultural production and productivity. However, agriculture in Ethiopia is characterized by low production and productivity and unable to provided adequate food for the population as well as raw materials for export and the growing industry. Numerous environmental, physical and institutional factors are contributing to low productivity among which weak extension service delivery, crop and livestock diseases, soil and environmental degradation, inadequate coordination and lack of institutions that provide adequate and quality services to the smallholder farmers are some of them. The objective of this component is, therefore, to increase access to better quality public agricultural services. It will be achieved through support to establishment and strengthening of Agricultural Development Partners Linkage Councils (ADPLACs), extension services delivery and support to crop and animal production, natural resource management as well as scaling up of best practices. It complements the ongoing activities under AGP-I through strengthening and enhancing capacity at the institutional level and building relevant skills and knowledge of key stakeholders, including establishment and strengthening laboratories for soil, plant and animal health; scaling up of best agricultural practices and management of natural resources. Under this component support will be provided to cross cutting issues which include Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), nutrition and gender. Climate change adaptation and mitigation activities in crop and livestock management will be addressed with an aim to promote agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, enhances resilience of livelihoods and ecosystem and reduces and/or removes Green House Gases (GHGs). To this end both technology demonstration and scaling up of best practices will provide appropriate emphasis to proven CSA technologies and practices. In accordance with National Nutrition Program (NNP) there needs to be reorientation of nutrition programming to address chronic as well as acute malnutrition. Priority objectives to mainstream nutrition in agriculture programs include strengthen the capacity of women and men to provide for the food security, health and nutrition of their families, increase access to year round availability of high-nutrient content food and improve nutrition knowledge among rural households to enhance dietary diversity. There need to be clear guidelines for Extension services to make clear the roles for agriculture and health to deliver Behavioral Change Communication (BCC) activities on nutrition. Extension service will provide agricultural productivity support to men, women and youth CIG organized and promoted in component 4. The program will make the best use of gender sensitive advisory services, in coaching of trainings, technology demonstration and scaling up of best practices. Training organized and conducted by the program shall make sure that women and men are given equal chance of participation. Gender-specific interventions in both technology dissemination and scaling up of best practices will be supported in a way that men, women and youth benefit from each specific intervention. Labor and time saving and women only activities will also be promoted. This component is allied to component 2 in accessing technologies generated from research for demonstration on FTCs and on-farmer’s field. Feedback on new technologies is also provided to research for further modification and improvements. Technologies from pre extension demonstration will be potential candidates for scaling up of research proven technologies. Extension service provision including demonstrations for small-scale irrigation is linked to component 3. Establishment of WUAs, planning of crop and livestock demonstrations as well as organizing and implementing CIGs around irrigation for high value crop and animal production will be a joint activity among component 1, 2 and 4. Component 1 and 4 will work jointly to implement value chain commodities. Crop and animal production challenges identified during CLPP process will also be addressed to research. The component is broadly classified into two sub components; namely, institutional strengthening and development; and scaling up of best practices. 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