IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Published purpose

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.