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Emergency livestock response to drought affected pastoral & agropastoral communities in Ethiopia

Tags
Countries Ethiopia
Start date 30/06/2022
Status Ongoing
Donor European Union
Recipient / Target Areas Ethiopia
Budget 3 688 093 USD
Project Code OSRO/ETH/204/EC
Objective / Goal To assist pastoral and agro-pastoral farmers in two of the most drought affected regions, namely Oromia and Somali Regions.
Beneficiaries 250 000
Activities

The project aimed to safeguard livelihoods of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities through improving food security and protect livestock assets of pastoralist and agro-pastoralist households:

  • Output 1: access to livestock feed for core breeding and milking animals enhanced;
  • Output 2: access to animal health services improved and capacity of stakeholders to identify the most appropriate responses enhanced; and
  • Output 3: Forage seed development.