Over the course of the war in northern Ethiopia, thousands of domestic livestock have been killed, shattering the only livelihood rural farmers depend on. Tractor for a Village was initiated with seed funding from Amhara Emergency Fund and aims to provide a tractor to farmers who reside and own land in close proximity and topography convenient for sharing a tractor. A single tractor, depending on size and horsepower will support more than 200 farmers and increases their productivity several folds.
The first tractor was delivered to a village in Kobo, Kebele 01. Farmers who lost their oxen and women whose husbands were killed during the war are organized to participate in this model project. Nearly 160 families are organized to participate on Kobo site.
The 2nd tractor was delivered to villages in Humera, Mai-Kadra and Redeem Kebele. In this project, 204 farmers who lost everything during the war are identified and organized to participate in the project.
Each community was provided with 80 horsepower tractor, accessories, and a trainer to help them run the tractor for a year. The tractors are expected to cultivate more than 100 hectares of farmland.
The village in Mai-Kadra has produced 1,000 quintals of Seasem and 1,500 mung beans. They also received harvest in matching for the mung beans.
The team has raised additional funding of $100,000 on Twitter, purchased 4 more tractors, and in the process of delivering to 4 additional villages in shewarobit, Raya, Dembya, and Debub Mecha
*Tractor for a village _ ትራክተር ለመንደር በእርስዎ መልካም ፈቃድ እውን የሚሆኑ የስራ እቅዶች ናቸው ። የእርስዎ ልግስና ለቤተሰቡ አባላት ሁሉ የሚዳረስ ነውና በገንዘብዎ ልግስ የሚታይ ስራን ይስሩ ፣ ስምዎንም ለሁልጊዜው ያስጠሩ ፣ ለትጉሀን የአማራ ገበሬዎች የክፉ ቀን ደራሽ ይሁኑ ።
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