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Support the Government of Ethiopia in Reviewing Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development Policy - TCP/ETH/3801

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) Ethiopia’s economic growth has heretofore been extensively reliant on the strength of its agriculture sector. This strength has also been a solid foundation for its economic development more broadly. Despite these advances, the country still faces issues related to (i) food insecurity and malnutrition; (ii) ensuring the availability of raw materials for industry; (iii) ensuring surplus and export competitiveness; (iv) optimizing revenue from farming to benefit both the government and farming and pastoral communities; (v) creating sufficient sustainable jobs for rural women and youths; and (vi) fostering an environment beneficial for private sector engagement. Furthering national capacity in these areas will have the consequential effect of bettering job security and availability in rural areas and preserving natural resources, thereby advancing Ethiopia’s progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It was determined that policy inefficiencies were undermining the ability of the nation to address the above-mentioned issues. To remedy this, in 2021, the Government of Ethiopia launched a two-pronged comprehensive reform effort. In the short term, there is the Homegrown Economic Reform Programme (HGER), to be implemented over the course of three years. In the long term, to be completed over the course of ten years, the government prepared the Ten Years Pathway to Prosperity Perspective Development Plan (2021-2030), or “Vision 2030”, which is aligned with the SDG goals. The HGER contains macroeconomic, structural and sectoral reforms.

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