Implementation of ''Yelemat Tirufat" Program Registers Great Results

Addis Ababa, November 4/ 2023 (ENA) The Ministry of Agriculture disclosed the implementation of ''Yelemat Tirufat" program has recorded concrete results in terms of development and benefiting citizens.

Recall Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched "Yelemat Tirufat" development campaign, which focuses on nutritional opulence in Arba Minch in November, 2022.

It aims to boost productivity and production of dairy, eggs, chicken, and honey and related products as well as intensify efforts to achieve food self-sufficiency and ensure nutritional opulence at the family and national levels.

The program contributes for job creations, increasing exports, and hastening import substitution.

 

Accordingly, "Yelemat Tirufat" campaign, especially meat, milk, honey and fish production registered great achievements when compared with the previous production rate.

Executive Director of Animal and Fish Resources Development at the Ministry of Agriculture Tsigereda Fikadu told ENA that the program has made overall achievements in the past one year.

She explained that under "Yelemat Tirufat" development campaign, more than 20,000 villages have been identified and put to work in honey, milk and egg production in all areas of the country.

 

Monitoring, supplying resources and awareness creation activities have been carried out for the selected villages, she said, adding the production of milk has increased from 5.8 billion liters to 8.6 billion liters.

It is expected to increase to 11.7 billion liters in the coming years.

She also mentioned that effective work has been done in egg production and distribution of chicken, where the number of chicken has increased from 26 million to 42 million.

Thus, the program has recorded tangible results in development and benefits of the citizens, Tsigereda elaborated.

Moreover, she mentioned that the development campaign has contributed to the efforts being made to become self-sufficient in food at the family and national level, especially to farmers who have benefited more from livestock resources.

 

Noting that the campaign has achieved great results in a short period of time, she underlined that efforts are being made to strengthen it.

On the other hand, she elaborated that the Ministry of Agriculture is providing necessary support in collaboration with various stakeholders for the achievement of the program.

The development initiative is also playing a crucial role in creating job opportunities, for  259,000 jobs have been created annually through the development of livestock resources alone.

Yelemat Tirufat is a four-year development program that aims to boost productivity and production of dairy, eggs, chicken and honey and related hive products.