ETHIOPIA - Individual Measure for food crisis response and social protection in rural areas of Ethiopia

About this project

The proposed Action addresses two major aspects of food insecurity in Ethiopia: the low availability of nutritious food and the low food accessibility by the rural poor. In terms of low food accessibility, this will be addressed by the cash/food transfer to the most vulnerable people, provided through the Rural Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP).This is a flagship programme supported by the World Bank and several bilateral partners (including the EU and several Member States), which addresses rural poverty as part of a strategic approach to build resilience for most vulnerable and poor people. The programme targets 8 million food insecure and vulnerable people across almost all regions, a number that may increase as part of the post-conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts.The Humanitarian-Development nexus will be operationalised by supporting target rural households in terms of immediate food access and child acute malnutrition.In terms of low availability of nutritious food, this will be addressed by two essential multi-donor interventions to increase food production in conflict/drought stricken areas: a) support to respond to the needs of improved seeds as one of the essential input for agriculture recovery, and b) support irrigation in the low lands as a means to limit the dependency on rain-fed agriculture in those regions. Specific support to the dissemination of bio-fortified and nutrient dense crops will be provided, while ensuring a nutrition-sensitiv…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Ethiopia

Sectors

Agricultural developmentSocial Protection

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Main focusDisability inclusion · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributes

Places

ET - Ethiopia

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2022-ACT-60859.

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