Wereda event history 2003-early 10 Crises affecting farming Effects on kebele Wereda level event 2008-9 Frost destroyed crops in more than 6 Yetmen was similarly affected but they didn’t need kebeles. assistance and were able to support themselves until Pests caused a serious crop damage, next production year especially against beans in Two kebeles Rather chick peas and Guaya was attacked Animal disease caused a wide spread death In all cases Yetmen could support itself out of crop of sheep, especially in high land kebeles failure crises 2009-10 Hail caused serious damage to crops, It was not directly affected by hail, but there was enough especially in the high land kebeles immigrating farm labour for Yetmen from these affected kebeles, who had little of their own crop to harvest Economic events history Wereda event Effects on kebele In Yemen town, 5 micro-enterprises More than 800,000 birr credit was provided to 17 (cafeteria, metal work, chicken-raising, bull 2006-7 organised youth groups with government grantor fattening) were formed each by 10 organised urban youth Ethiopian Development Fund (Amhara Development 2007-8 Association) provided 385,000 birr credit through ACSI NONE with guarantor. 2008-9 The wereda have so far provided 2 million birr for small-scale business and micro enterprises. Of this 1.4 million birr was not repaid either because some of the enterprises dissolved after some or most of the Four of the 5 micro-enterprises formed in group members left for other jobs, or the businesses Yetmen town have dissolved with out weakly operated by one or two remaining people after repaying the credit. The cafeteria business many of the original co-entrepreneurs left for various formed by 10 youth is now being run by only 2009-10 reasons one woman left Government have been providing loans from Only the town’s community had access government and NGOs to individual farmers and group Many people have individually taken loans micro-enterprises through ACSI on commission basis for fattening, petty trades and pump ACSI continues to be the only rural credit providing purchases institution in the kebele; giving loans to town and rural people individually with asset collaterals and in group with group guarantor.
Wereda event history 2003-early 10 Crises affecting farming Wereda level event Effects on kebele 2008-9 Frost destroyed crops in more than 6 kebeles. Pests caused a serious crop damage, especially against beans in Two kebeles Animal disease caused a wide spread death of sheep, especially in high land kebeles Yetmen was similarly affected but they didn’t need assistance and were able to support themselves until next production year Rather chick peas and Guaya was attacked In all cases Yetmen could support itself out of crop failure crises 2009-10 Hail caused serious damage to crops, especially in the high land kebeles It was not directly affected by hail, but there was enough immigrating farm labour for Yetmen from these affected kebeles, who had little of their own crop to harvest Economic events history Wereda event Effects on kebele 2006-7 More than 800,000 birr credit was provided to 17 organised youth groups with government grantor In Yemen town, 5 micro-enterprises (cafeteria, metal work, chicken-raising, bull fattening) were formed each by 10 organised urban youth 2007-8 Ethiopian Development Fund (Amhara Development Association) provided 385,000 birr credit through ACSI with guarantor. NONE 2008-9 2009-10 The wereda have so far provided 2 million birr for small-scale business and micro enterprises. Of this 1.4 million birr was not repaid either because some of the enterprises dissolved after some or most of the group members left for other jobs, or the businesses weakly operated by one or two remaining people after many of the original co-entrepreneurs left for various reasons Government have been providing loans from government and NGOs to individual farmers and group micro-enterprises through ACSI on commission basis ACSI continues to be the only rural credit providing institution in the kebele; giving loans to town and rural people individually with asset collaterals and in group with group guarantor. Four of the 5 micro-enterprises formed in Yetmen town have dissolved with out repaying the credit. The cafeteria business formed by 10 youth is now being run by only one woman left Only the town’s community had access Many people have individually taken loans for fattening, petty trades and pump purchases
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