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LIU Accomplishments

by Stephen Browne — last modified 04/27/2010 16:52

The accomplishments of the LIU to date are as follows:

The most comprehensive set of Livelihood Baselines and databases in the region are now available here in Ethiopia for 173 livelihood zones.
Utilisation of the livelihood baselines and databases in the seasonal assessment. This has improved the quality and transparency of seasonal assessments.
Production of a comprehensive set of easy-to-use analysis tools that enable both data analysis and presentation (graphs & maps).
Over 1200 people trained throughout the country in basic livelihood analysis.
Development of a livelihoods information system that has the potential to be sustainable.
A clear certification process in which as skills have been developed, individuals move on to become trainers and facilitators.
Production of monitoring tools that enable woreda officials and seasonal assessment teams to triangulate data from various sources to improve the quality of their data collection & analysis (RFE, market prices, herd dynamics).
Production and distribution of posters for all woredas in Eastern/Central Oromiya, Tigray, Amhara, SNNPR. These posters summarise core livelihood information for each woreda and should enable woreda officials to prioritise their monitoring.
Livelihood zoning is improving the quality of nutrition status surveys
Water HEA and mapping of baseline data is highlighting priorities for non-food programming (e.g. The Livestock Forum are interested in using the data on the contribution of livestock to livelihoods to facilitate the development of a new National Livestock Policy).
Utilisation of the data for World Bank analysis of PSNP targeting and graduation
Provision of livelihood information products to various stakeholders, in various forums
Incorporation of Livelihoods training into the BDU Disaster Risk Management Course.

The Livelihoods Integration Unit-at the core of Ethiopia’s famine early warning system

This USAID-commissioned project, implemented by FEG, is the largest livelihoods assessment effort ever undertaken in Ethiopia or anywhere else in Africa. The program began in late 2006. As of 2010 the livelihoods of all of Ethiopia’s 60 million farming population have been identified geographically in Livelihood Zones and surveyed to give a series of detailed livelihood baselines. These are now the basis the government’s famine early warning system, but they also have wider significance for informing development policy on the realities of rural poverty and wealth, and for helping to evaluate the impact of the massive national Productive Safety Nets Program.

For more information on the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Livelihoods Integration Unit, please visit their website: LIU

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