Members of Ibroary producer group in Kora Sub-watershed in Jarso Woreda was inspired by changes in other farmers’ lives who were working with DryDev and decided to form a group and approach the programme. Like other farmers of this dryland area, t...

Molata Kabale in Jarso Woreda is 26Kms from the town Ejersa Goro and mountainous terrain and absence of Roads makes it hard to reach area. Here, 33 members of Biftu Molata Women’s group is expanding their goat rearing business and hence increasing...

What looked like a commercial maize farm from the top, turned out to be maize fields of the DryDev supported Cheffe Yealem Cooperative members. It was just like an oasis after passing by large tracts of barren lands. Subsistence farmers here have ...

In Osele sub watershed of Boset Woreda (Oromia Region, Ethiopia) most of the farmers own less than 1.5 hectares of land and rain-fed subsistence farming is the main source of livelihoods. More than 30% of the population is food insecure and is th...

The Drylands development programme is progressing in transitioning rural households from subsistence farming to sustainable rural economic development through integrated watershed management and livelihood development activities.

In the district of Kilte Awulaelo, northern Ethiopia, the Relief Society of Tigray (REST) and the local community of Tsalho are ensuring that water, now available thanks to restoration activities in the upper catchment, will contribute to tangible...

In northern Ethiopia, World Vision, other NGOs and the local government have mounted a massive effort over the last four decades to restore vegetation and bring the land back to a productive state. While much progress has been made, there have bee...

For Gebreselassie Gebrehiwet and his family, sheep-raising has now become a profitable business. Options for landless households remain extremely limited, and for Gebre and family, they struggled to make ends meet. Through training provided by RE...

The joint quality monitoring team visiting a target household's farm who benefited from irrigation technology in Boset,