Community Rehabilitation-Based and Inclusive Approaches in Climate Smart Agricultural Technology Promotion for Internally Displaced People in East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia

Abstract

Ibsa Aliyi Usmane*, Asfaw E. Fayisa, Kemal K. Ahmed1 and Lelisa Sh. Mohammed

Internally displaced people may face various hardships upon leaving their homes due to inaccessible facilities in the areas where they settle, and they must rely on humanitarian aid. This leads them to become food insecure, malnourished, and unstable in their livelihood strategies. On the basis of these notions, this research aimed to engage internally displaced people in demonstrations of agricultural technology production, thereby diversifying their income sources through alternative enterprises. Accordingly, Ifadin and Erer Ibada kebeles in Babile district were selected, and 75 households were purposively enrolled and temporarily provided with land by the district’s agriculture office. Researchers subsequently provided training on climate-smart agricultural practices in the field. The IDP households participated in different cropping modes; as a result, the double-cropping model benefited them in earning extra income and enough home consumption compared with intercropping and single cropping. In double, Haricot-bean was produced early, and the Melkam variety of sorghum yielded more and had a high demand on the market; as a result, they had the opportunity to use it in both the off-season and the active season in their home. All these performances and implementations received media coverage in lessons and experience sharing. Therefore, it is recommended that the government and other humanitarian agencies scale up these lessons to other areas and mainstream IDPs in research and development programs.

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