RESeed – Rural Economic Stimulus and Education for Ethiopian Development

About this project

“RESeed” project was born out of the need to address the challenges identified by the Interim Regional Administration of Tigray (IRAT) in discussions with the Abruzzo Region and other partners. IRAT has committed to the Ethiopian federal government to demobilize 52,000 Tigrayan army personnel. As a result, there is a need for post-war reconversion to be achieved through a skills retraining and vocational training project in the agricultural sector, as approximately 80% of the Tigrayan army is made up of people from rural areas. Interventions will focus on the Raya Valley watershed, a strategic area for rehabilitating the regional economy. During the needs assessment phase, the following were identified: (i) the need to strengthen the capacities of institutions, and in particular the IRAT Bureau of Agriculture (BoARD), in the transmission of specific skills to farmers; (ii) low productivity due to the low level of skills in the field; (ii) low soil yields due to the lack of appropriate agricultural inputs. The project aims to increase agricultural production and boost employment and income, with a view to the broader objective of contributing to the post-conflict reconstruction of the region’s economic and social system. The intervention strategies therefore mainly respond to SDG 8 targets defined by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and are embodied in activities that have the specific purpose of requalifying the agricultural sector by achieving two results: (i) st…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 4Quality Education
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 15Life on Land

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Ethiopia

Sectors

Agricultural policy and administrative managementAgricultural developmentAgricultural education/training

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Main focusTrade development · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesDesertification · Also contributes

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

REGIONE ABRUZZO

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013244-01-3.

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