| ID: | 62680 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Ethiopia |
| Title: | Ethiopia - Indigenous Tree Species Restoration, Climate Change Adaptation and Indigenous Livelihood Enhancement Project November 2018 |
| Description: |
Ethiopia, Chencha district, Gendo Gembella, NOV 2108 Gamo people. Chencha- Guggie Indigenous Tree Species Restoration, Local Climate Change Adaptation and Indigenous Livelihood Enhancement Project Year: 2011- 2013 Donne Dolleka (female, red pullover, 50 years old) and her husband Pinsa Hantuka (male, blue shirt, beard, 80 years of age) are farmers in Chencha district. Donne Dolleka explains that the shade of the newly planted trees are very helpful, especially if they are pruned in the right way. The leaves are used for the animals to walk on, so they cannot easily fall down. Before the project we didn’t know about the plants, all was bare land, she says. The husband add that their ancestors have always been farmers. They used to collect the manure and cow dung as a fertilizer. As there is now artificial fertilizer available we use that more often. Donne says that is means that they don’t have to carry the manure anymore, which saves time and energy. Pinsa says that he had always wanted to go to school, which was far. My father unfortunately kept me away from school, I had to work with him on the land. After a new school was built nearby, I was too old to join the school. But my own children did not very well at that school. Now I am promoting the school to my grandchildren, I find it very important that they receive education. The Ethiopian ngo Initiative Living Community Action (ILCA) came up with the plan to plant trees. We sent the seeds to our nursery site. It worked out very well. We also received some incentives from the project. With that money I bought some sheep. After raising them I sold them and bought some land in return. Photo: IFAD/Petterik Wiggers |
| Size: | 13.95 MB; 6566 x 4377 pixels; 556 x 371 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1737 x 1158 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Copyright: | ©IFAD/Petterik Wiggers |
| Categories: | none |
| URL: | www.ifad.org |
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