Patron Joanna Lumley OBE
Community-based Fodder Production in Western Eritrea

Time frame: January 2007 - December 2008 (1st programme cycle)
           May 2009 - April 2011 (2nd programme cycle)

Funder: Oxfam NOVIB (Netherlands)

Geographical Area: Western Lowlands: Shambuko, Geluj, Forto-Sawa. This is a cross-border programme, which has also taken place in Kassala State, Sudan.

To meet the main concern of pastoralists in Eritrea - the serious shortage of fodder resources - PENHA in collaboration with the National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students (NUEYS) conducted a training in Tesseney town on alternative fodder production using crop residues and Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a widely available and invasive plant species. The two training rounds were attended by a total of 29 pastoralist including 9 female (most of which attended both training rounds) as well as 9 representatives of local organisations and the regional branch of the Ministry of Agriculture.

The training included both theory and practice using both Sudanese and local Eritrean expertise.

An internal evaluation has been carried out on the training in October 2009. The first draft of the findings has been submitted to OxfamNovib.

The next stage in the programme (2nd cycle) includes the expansion of the fodder training and take the findings of the recent evaluation into account. The new training will focus on local sustainability of the training by conducting the training in the new Pastoralist Centre in Geluj (a PENHA initiative funded by ICCO) and by fully equipping the centre for future training sessions. A key aspect will be that former trainees who take the initiative in setting up village-based trainings will be given the full support of PENHA and NUEYS. In this way, there will be an effective replication of the knowledge and skills which will continue after the end of the programme.
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