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Gebremeskel, Esayas Nigatu

Agriculture Global Practice
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Pastoral livelihoods, Rural development, Food security, Agricultural extension, Natural resource management
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Last updated: January 31, 2023
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Esayas Nigatu is an Agricultural and Rural Development professional (MSc), experienced in Pastoral Livelihoods, Livestock, Food Security, Rural Development, Governance, Capacity Building and Natural Resources Management sectors. He has more than 25 years of progressive experience on design, management, implementation, M&E and impact evaluation of programs & projects (including CDD projects) aimed at improving shock resilience capacities, livelihoods, livestock, basic services and governance for vulnerable and marginalized communities. Before joining the World Bank, he has worked with various organizations including UN agencies, INGO, NGOs and public sectors in Ethiopia and Somalia.

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    Pastoral Development in Ethiopia: Trends and the Way Forward
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2019-06-11) Gebremeskel, Esayas Nigatu; Kassa, Girma K.
    Despite half a century of development efforts, multidimensional deprivation and vulnerability to shocks remain a serious problem in Ethiopia’s pastoral areas. A review of past and ongoing pastoral and agro-pastoral (PAP) development efforts in Ethiopia, analysis of the current socioeconomic situation in relation to PAPs, and an extensive literature review of emerging knowledge on the topic point to the need for future PAP development to focus on resilience, transformation, and sustainability. This study, which was commissioned by the World Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), proposes six strategic pillars: livelihood support for improved pastoral and agro-pastoral production; livelihood diversification and improved agro-pastoral extension; integrated rangeland and water development, and secure access to key resources; transformation and commercialization of the livestock industry; enhanced access and use of basic social and economic services; enhanced social protection and disaster risk management; and institutional and human capacity development. In addition, intervention-planning needs to be sensitive to conflict, should mainstream gender issues and nutrition, and should emphasize women and youth employment, climate change and adaptation, information technology, action-oriented research, and knowledge management and documentation.