The Netherlands government...
The Kingdom of the Embassy of the Netherlands launched two Dutch Sector Support Programmes...
The Horticultural Livelihoods, Innovation and Food safety in Ethiopia (Horti-LIFE) is a project that aims to increase the involvement of smallholders in innovative and competitive horticulture production systems that improve food security for rural families and food safety and contribute to improved nutrition in domestic markets.
The project is implemented in close collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Regional Bureaus of Agriculture in Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, Tigray and Sidama Regions in Ethiopia.
Horti-LIFE phase I started January 2016 and ended September 2019, see results below.
Phase II will be implemented up to mid-2023 and aims to reach 100,000 smallholders. The project has the following objectives:
At the mid-term of phase II, substantial progress was made with the institutionalisation. 24 district agricultural offices have started to invest budget and manpower into managing the FFS programme for horticulture themselves. The extension and the horticulture departments are preparing guidelines for FFS as a national extension method. Other departments of the Ministry of Agriculture have progressed in establishing guidelines and regulations to formalise the position of local pesticide agents and SSPs.
Farmers reached
Increase in earnings