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|  | | Sodo Project (Ethiopia) | | | Area Profile | | Location: | 85km south of Addis Ababa | | Population: | 120,000 | | Farm Families: | 27,500 | | Average land holding: | 1.5 hectares | | Project Timescale: | 2001 - 2005 (with one year extension to 2006) | | Project Manager: | Mengistu Makonnen |
| | | | Activities | Self Help completed its five year project cycle in Sodo at the end of 2005, but secured a one year extension to the programme to conclude all activities, and undertake a range of works not originally envisaged in the initial project proposal.
The main activities undertaken during 05 included crop production, livestock production, natural resource conservation, gender development, public health, education, rural water
supply and capacity building.
The project continued to distribute the drought resistant enset crop to beneficiary farmers. 827 farmers received enset for planting bringing to 180 hectares the total ground now set aside to production of the crop.
Three new irrigated farming co-operative groups were also established - at Adele Chelelek, Lebu and Sibisto, with a potential of 145 ha of irrigatable land, and these groups and others engaged in irrigated farming received 321 qt of improved varieties of potato, more than 382 qt of onion bulb, and 86 kg of different vegetable seed, including carrot, tomato, Swiss chard and beetroot.
The development of post-harvest technologies, including the construction of diffused light stores and warehousing continued, and in 2005 five individual DLS and 5 warehouses were constructed. 29 warehouses have also been constructed. Post harvest crop loss has been reduced by 30%.New rainwater harvesting structures were developed, and 14 pressure pumps and 10 drip irrigation systems developed. |
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| Integrated livestock management activities continuing development of forage areas, support for veterinary services, and other associated activities. 1000 poultry birds were distributed to 200 beneficiaries, and 40 modern beehives were provided to rural households.
Three new individual nurseries and one communal nurserywere added on the already established individual and communal nurseries in the area, while part of the central nursery was transferred to a group of farmers who resides in the locality. 17 varieties of seedlings were raised in the central, communal, and individual nurseries, and almost 250,000 tree seedlings, 83,381 forage plants, 62,760 fruit, and 50,000 coffee seedlings were distributed.
8.15km of soil bund was constructed to conserve degraded areas, 4.6 km of gullies were treated with planting, check dams, and other measures to arrest soil erosion in the area, while farmers groups enclosed 13 ha of land at Semero, as part of an effort to restore and reclaim it for future agricultural production. 78 ha of land was planted with 196,115 seedlingsof different species, and 20 rainwater harvesting pondswere constructed.
Households also received 98 new fuel efficient cooking stoves while 1,000 farmers attended for training on Ethiopias new family law. Almost5 00 other householders were trained on pit latrine construction and sanitation,a total of 30 non-formal education centres received support, while desks and other equipment was provided to a number of schools.
More than 300 other people attended training programmes that focused on nursery management, beekeeping, rain water harvesting, soil & water conservation, gender mainstreaming, integrated watershed management, HIV/AIDS mainstreaming, as well as business skills. | | Related Topics | | | | | |
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| | | | | Self Help Africa is a limited liability company. Company number: 105601 Charity No. 6663 (Ireland)
The organisation has offices in Ireland at: Annefield House, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois Tel: 00 353 (0)57 8694034 - Fax: 00 353 (0)57 8694038, and in the United Kingdom at : Second Floor Suite, Westgate House, Dickens Court, Off Hills Lane, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 1QU. Tel : 0044-(0)1743 277170
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