Achievements and Challenges in Ethiopian Agriculture Abera Deresa, PhD State Minister, MoARD November 2009

2. Resource Base: 2.1. Land

Natural resource degradation

5. ACHIVEMENTS

Budget allocation for AD of 10 countries Countries 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Burundi 3.6 6.1 4.4 - - - Egypt 6 5.94 5.08 5.01 - - Ethiopia 9.2 8.1 13.4 16.3 16.8 13 Kenya 4.58 4.59 4.59 - - - Rwanda 8.6 3.9 4 3.4 3.3 - Uganda 6.9 5.2 5.03 3.2 5.2 - Botswana 4.4 5.9 5.6 4.7 - - Malawi 5.2 7.2 6.5 10 17.2 12.2 Tanzania 4.5 6.8 5.5 5.5 - - Zambia 8.5 8.9 5.3 5.6 6.3 -

Trends in the performance of the Macro economy (%) Sector/Indicator 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 GDP in 1999/00 prices 11.7 12.6 11.5 11.5 11.6 10.2 Agriculture value add growth 16.9 13.5 10.9 9.4 7.5 8.5 Agriculture Share to GDP 47.0 47.4 47.1 46.3 44.6 43

8,000 FTCs Constructed

Community level HRD, for six countries

5.3. Increased seed & fertilizer use

6-11 t/ha Newly introduced crop, rice

Quality Malt Barely Import substituted

Sorghum Striga resistant 3x more yield

Vegetables Over 5X yield increase Over 10X yield increase

Onion seed production

Summary of achievements in crops

ACHIVEMENTS in livestock Apiculture Dairy cows Fattening

ACHIVEMENTS in NRM Soil conservation

Improved NRM Water conservation Plantation

From rain-fed to irrigated Oromia Amhara

5.5. Enhanced investment in agriculture