850K+Farmers Supported
63Woredas Covered
40%Avg. Yield Increase
Program Overview
ORDA Ethiopia, through its Agriculture, Nutrition and Disaster Risk Management interventions, promotes crop and livestock production, development of alternative income generating activities, maternal and child nutrition, market linkages, and building resilient communities through disaster risk management. The interventions aim at addressing the fundamental causes of food insecurity and consequently improving the livelihood of vulnerable households.
Major Focus Areas
Crop Production & Protection
Horticulture (Fruits & Vegetables)
Income Generation & Marketing
Disaster & Risk Management
Maternal & Child Nutrition
Village Saving & Loan Groups
Livestock Production
Market Linkages & Value Chain
Our Approach
- Promotes high-value horticultural crop development and market linkages through a value chain approach.
- Supports food-insecure households to diversify income through non-farm income generating activities integrated with village saving and loan groups.
- Implements livestock development activities including poultry, goats, apiary and forage development.
- Operates disaster risk management projects to build community resilience against droughts and floods.
Key Achievements
- Over 850,000 smallholder farmers have adopted climate-smart techniques, increasing yields by an average of 40%.
- 340 women's savings and credit cooperatives have disbursed micro-loans totalling 45 million birr.
- Malnutrition rates reduced by 35% in intervention areas over the past five years.
