With only small amounts of land to grow food on, poor families in southern Ethiopia face a struggle to feed themselves. Farm Africa worked with communities to expand the production of ginger and chilli, which require little land to grow on.
By providing basic processing and storage we helped farmers make the most from their harvests with the aim of enabling farmers to export their fair trade spices.
We also provided basic support such as chickens to help families with no livestock or land lift themselves out of poverty.
Our work sat alongside Ethiopian government programmes to reduce hunger in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR).
The work included:
Farm Africa worked with households in the Hadero and Halaba districts of SNNPR, focusing particularly on women.