Multinational - Project for the Creation of Sustainable tsetse and trypanosomiasis free areas in East and West Africa - Component of Ethiopia

This project is part of a multinational initiative funded by the Bank with the aim of creating sustainable tsetse free areas in support of the gradual eradication of Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis (T&T) by integrating suppression, control and eradication approaches. This initiative is being implemented in six (6) countries, namely: Ethiopia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Mali, Kenya and Ghana, each of which has put on the list of activities development priorities of their countries. It is designed to be implemented over a period of six years, with the same sequence of field activities and the same modus operandi in the different areas it covers in each country in order to achieve its goal. The strategy advocates, in all six countries, the diversification and strengthening of the agricultural economic base for rural subsistence farmers, and the creation of jobs. The project in Ethiopia is developed within the context of the government’s Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Programme (SDPRP, 2002-2005) and National Agricultural Policy and Strategy of the country. The project is also consistent with subsequent National Plans, i.e. Plan for Accelerated and Sustainable Development to End Poverty (PASDEP, 2006-2010) and the ongoing Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP, 2011-2015).The project consists of three closely related technical components, as well as a support component. It is: (i) Suppression and Eradication; (ii) Strengthening of national capacities; (iii) Sustainable Land Management and (iv) Project Coordination and Management. Its implementation will clear 13 million hectares of tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis. The project will also train 600 technical staff, 1,800 extension workers, 3,600 village technicians and 1,200 village leaders.