Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector Growth and Transformation Plan II (ANR GTP II).

The present Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector Growth and Transformation Plan follows The First Growth and Transformation Plan and it is born from lessons drawn from its implementation. The ANR GTP II is a nationwide sectoral document aiming at contributing towards the national target of achieving Middle-Income economy by bringing about a broad-based, rapid and sustainable sectoral development that ensures befits to all citizens with due emphases to women and youth, which are the general development goals of the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) of the country. The agriculture sector objective is to realize fast and sustainable growth and ensure the citizens benefited from the growth. This shall be achieved through the following three main specific objectives (i) sustainable and climate resilient green growth, bringing transformation within the sector and to the economy as a whole; (ii) participation of women, youth and other actors, guaranteeing that they benefit to the level of their contribution; and (iii) building production capacity and macro-economic stabilization. An indicative financial Plan is included in the Annex.
To help eliminate hunger and food insecurity, ANR GTP II focuses on beneficiaries of the Production Safety net Program (PSNP), as well as the benefits resulting from agricultural development, and proposes (i) follow-up and support to guarantee that the resources (cash and food) allocated for safety net beneficiaries are transferred on time; (ii) an annual disbursement plan and a year round transfer directly to the beneficiaries; and (iii) improve the nutritional status of the beneficiaries integrating a nutrition program.
In order to make agriculture more productive and sustainable, the Plan suggests a number of measures, among which the most important are (i) promote a green economy carrying out lower emission agricultural techniques; (ii) increase the average productivity of crops categorized into three as major food crops, industrial crops, and export crops, as well as other agricultural commodities such as coffee, tea and spices, vegetables, fruits, roots, and tubers; (iii) improve crop varieties for a better quality in a sustainable way; (iv) supply healthy, resistant and productive seed and seedling and organize multiplication centers in ideal sites managed by model farmers; (v) strengthen mechanization technologies so that reducing post-harvest loss; (vi) increase extension service for farmers; (vii) create new agricultural land in degraded areas through small-scale irrigation; (viii) install irrigation infrastructure and improve water use; (ix) adapt technologies from abroad into Ethiopian agriculture context and generate new technologies through research locally; (x) implement Integrated Pest Management to have a better control over pests; (xi) expand protected horticulture cultivation and strengthen the capacity of urban horticulture quality control; (xii) improve standards of controls on the entrance of pests and diseases which have an impact on plant health and overall production system; (xiii) bring basic changes in the pesticide registration system and establish organized laboratories able to investigate pesticide residue of agricultural inputs of import and export crops; (xiv) conduct intensive capacity building in saline soil rehabilitation and reclamation; and (xv) expand bio-fertilizers use for cereal crops production.
Rural poverty will be faced through (i) the establishment of a new system to solve credit accessibility problem and providing appropriate saving services that enable to host wealth created by farmers in rural area; (ii) providing rural infrastructure service; and (iii) shifting support from direct assistance (transfers) to support for livelihood development promoted through interventions across key program areas such as rural finance, extension, and animal health.
To enable more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, main goals are (i) establish rural and urban grower production linkage system among the selected potential growth corridors; (ii) strengthen the capacity of cooperatives/unions, private partners, etc. on services they provide; (iii) create market linkage and establish a market information supply system; (iv) increase the agricultural mechanization technologies female beneficiaries to 30%; (v) support formation of youth groups (male and female) to give agricultural mechanization rental and hire services and facilitate credit services for farmers who cannot afford to buy these technologies; (vi) create enabling environment for women and youths to actively participate in the agricultural investment; (vii) develop sense of ownership of farmers on Framer training centers (FTCs) and their sustainable function; and (viii) mobilize and organize rural women and youth to enhance their participation and ensure their benefit from job creation based on their potential and talent.
The resilience of livelihoods to disasters will be increased as follows (i) GHG sequestration from land rehabilitation through integrated watershed management; (ii) lower GHG emissions through the improvement of livestock value chain efficiency, using low carbon emitting techniques, improving grazing land management, strengthening and expanding of livestock health services; (iii) GHG emissions reduction by lowering the impact of agriculture on forest, mechanizing farming practices, crop yield increasing practices; (iv) promotion of coordinated and integrated watershed management works, relying on participation of communities, aiming at land rehabilitation, building climate resilient green economy, and creating employment opportunities; (v) enhancing the resilience of biodiversity.