Involving Women in Agriculture

ORDA Ethiopia Linking Agriculture with Natural Resource Management and Nutrition-PLUS (LANN+) Project is being implemented to improve the nutrition, hygiene & sanitation of 36,500 targeted households of east Gojjam zone two woredas: Gonchasiso Enese woreda 3 kebels (Debere hail, Yebuchar & Yebuza) & Enarjina Enawuga woreda 3 kebeles (Yegosa, Tamo Dawaro & Titar Badima). Among beneficiary farmers, a woman farmer Sewunet Kibira, who lives in Enarjina Enawuga Woreda, Yegosa kebele, Jor village, is found.

"My name is Sewnet Kibra, I lead my family via agriculture work, and I have 4 children. I am a farmer who has benefited from the ORDA Ethiopia ORDA Ethiopia Linking Agriculture with Natural Resource Management and Nutrition-PLUS (LANN+) Project. The project provided me a washer rope pump which was built with a cost of 14,000 birrs and helps me to carry out horticulture development. I am cultivating carrots, Beetroot, and cabbage so that my children are getting the nutritious food they need, and I thank ORDA Ethiopia," she said.

The project was launched in 2020 with a budget of 2 million euros, including 75% from the #WeltHungerHilfe and a 25% matching fund from the Amhara regional government.