International Development Grant
Ethiopia Food Security Project
Project Number: CA-3-A031591001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $19,408,547.00
Start Date: February 16, 2004
End Date: September 30, 2015
Duration: 11.6 years
Project Description
The Ethiopia Food Security Project is a joint CIDA-Italy-World Bank project that targets food security issues at the woreda (district) level with a main goal of reducing poverty and malnutrition in vulnerable food insecure communities. Keeping this goal in mind the project has several supporting objectives: to provide resources that help communities build assets increase household income and improve the nutritional status of children under five years of age; to build critical woreda regional and federal level capacities to ensure grants are managed effectively for the benefit of the poor; and to document and distribute information to woredas about the principles procedures roles and responsibilities of funding for community-directed projects. As part of this project grants are offered mainly in support of community-identified micro-projects. Communities are eligible to apply for grants in support of their own projects to build assets generate income or promote child growth. Examples of micro-projects include beekeeping dairy farming and goat rearing. All CIDA disbursements for this project have been completed and the results of our investment are outlined below.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (September 2015) include: (i) 561 120 poor households (38% women) have improved food security and livelihoods; (ii) 60 991 community-level sub-projects (280 activities to build community assets and 60 711 activities to improve household incomes) were funded in 93 food insecure woredas (districts); (iii) participating households have significantly improved incomes and better access to food and household assets; (iv) increased knowledge and skills through training in project identification entrepreneurship and marketing strategies; (v) pregnant and lactating mothers gained awareness on how to promote child growth as a result of counselling on nutrition and sanitation; (vi) improved capacity of institutions; (vii) development of rural microfinance institutions; (viii) assistance provided to 614 595 households in business plan preparation 20% of which covered off-farm activities; (ix) credit provided to 393 736 households; (x) 3 783 Rural Savings and Credit Cooperatives were established covering 75% of the project area’s kebeles (neighbourhoods); and (xi) specialized guidelines developed for building household assets in pastoral areas. This project has helped poor households in food-insecure areas access safe sufficient and nutritious food and avoid malnutrition.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Basket funds/pooled funding
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP