children affairs is conducting and monitoring women’s affairs activities at the national level and creating an environment for the implementation of the NPW in different sectors. At regional, zonal, and levels, there are respective offices (at level, woreda, kebele Kebele usually individuals are assigned in lieu of an office). On the other hand, those situated in line sectors/ministries are mandated to identify issues of gender gaps and develop strategies to address inequalities in the respective line ministries and their sub-sectors. The Women’s Affairs Offices are formally accountable to their respective councils, many of which have women’s affairs or social affairs committee that are engaged in oversight activities. The plans included steps to enhance rural women’s access to and control over productive resources like land, extension, and credit. 3.2.6 Rural Development Policy and Strategy The Agriculture Development-led Industrialization’s (ADLI’s) core tenet is that increased agricultural productivity is the engine for both agricultural and industrial growth. That is, through the use of Green Revolution technologies, the low productivity of traditional Ethiopian farming systems would be substantially improved. The ADLI is reflected in the Rural Development Strategy (2001), which further stresses the role of increased agricultural production as the basis for the country’s development. The strategy is driven by the quest for ensuring food security and enhancing rural employment opportunities. The Strategy is made up of eight building blocks; namely, Technology generation and dissemination; Food security, including resettlement and water harvesting; Agricultural extension and vocational training; Agricultural marketing (of inputs and outputs); Rural finance; Development of cooperatives; Rural transport; and Rural land administration and management. In most of the building blocks, environmental considerations are included in an implicit manner. Explicit consideration is rather given to the need to sustain production through use of appropriate technologies, development of tailored extensions and trainings to agro-ecological zones, and sustainable land management and land use. Resettlement, is included under the food security block, also includes the need for careful assessment of land resources and disease problems in the resettlement sites. It also calls for communities to take responsibility for environmental protection and rehabilitation within resettlement areas.
children affairs is conducting and monitoring women’s affairs activities at the national level and creating an environment for the implementation of the NPW in different sectors. At regional, zonal, woreda, and kebele levels, there are respective offices (at Kebele level, usually individuals are assigned in lieu of an office). On the other hand, those situated in line sectors/ministries are mandated to identify issues of gender gaps and develop strategies to address inequalities in the respective line ministries and their sub-sectors. The Women’s Affairs Offices are formally accountable to their respective councils, many of which have women’s affairs or social affairs committee that are engaged in oversight activities. The plans included steps to enhance rural women’s access to and control over productive resources like land, extension, and credit. 3.2.6 Rural Development Policy and Strategy The Agriculture Development-led Industrialization’s (ADLI’s) core tenet is that increased agricultural productivity is the engine for both agricultural and industrial growth. That is, through the use of Green Revolution technologies, the low productivity of traditional Ethiopian farming systems would be substantially improved. The ADLI is reflected in the Rural Development Strategy (2001), which further stresses the role of increased agricultural production as the basis for the country’s development. The strategy is driven by the quest for ensuring food security and enhancing rural employment opportunities. The Strategy is made up of eight building blocks; namely, Technology generation and dissemination; Food security, including resettlement and water harvesting; Agricultural extension and vocational training; Agricultural marketing (of inputs and outputs); Rural finance; Development of cooperatives; Rural transport; and Rural land administration and management. In most of the building blocks, environmental considerations are included in an implicit manner. Explicit consideration is rather given to the need to sustain production through use of appropriate technologies, development of tailored extensions and trainings to agro-ecological zones, and sustainable land management and land use. Resettlement, is included under the food security block, also includes the need for careful assessment of land resources and disease problems in the resettlement sites. It also calls for communities to take responsibility for environmental protection and rehabilitation within resettlement areas.
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