Managing Environmental Resources for Climate Change Adaptation in Ethiopia
Reporting Organization: | WFP - World Food Programme |
Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 15,000,000 |
Timeframe: |
January 10, 2011 - January 31, 2011 |
Status: |
Completion |
Contact Information: |
Unspecified |
Partner & Funder Profiles
Reporting Organization
WFP - World Food Programme
Participating Organizations
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Government and Public Sector
Funders (Total Budget Contribution)
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Government and Public Sector
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Location
Country - Total Budget Allocation
Ethiopia - $ 15,000,000.00 (100.00%) |
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Areas of Focus
Other - Total Budget Allocation
Food Security & Agriculture (100 %) |
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Description
The Managing Environmental Resources to Enable Transition (MERET) program operates in 72 highly vulnerable and chronically food-insecure districts throughout Ethiopia. Each year, approximately 122,000 people in crisis-prone food-insecure communities benefit from the project. Participating households provide labour in exchange for food rations on initiatives such as a tree planting, the construction of structures designed to reduce soil erosion and increase water retention and the enclosure of these treated watersheds to prevent grazing from free-range livestock. A total of 131,987 hectares of severely degraded land was rehabilitated with previous CIDA support in 2008 and 2009. By providing new resources to expand on these impressive results, this project helps more vulnerable Ethiopians achieve long-term food security and withstand the effects of climate change. All CIDA disbursements for this project have been completed.
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Target Population
Gender and age: |
Adult women
Adult men
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Total Direct Population: |
598,450 |
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Outputs
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Land rehabilitated |
63 |
Water sources restored |
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Results & Indicators
Expected Results
Unspecified
Achieved Results
Results achieved as of the end of CIDA’s contribution (July 2012) include: (1) improving food consumption and increasing household assets for 598,450 people (98% of those targeted) as a result of participation in food-for-work activities; (2) increasing income in 149,122 households as a result of project-supported public works that rehabilitated agricultural lands; 3) 96% of participating households created and maintained physical and biological farm and community assets, such as water sources, resulting in improved income for 145,250 households; (4) restoring degraded natural resources, including improving 63 water sources. These project activities have helped to improve the resilience of vulnerable women and men and their agricultural land to the effects of climate change.
Indicators
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Links & Resources
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Associated Projects (If applicable)
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