Agri Service Development
Agri Service Ethiopia (ASE) is a national, non-governmental and non-profit making development organization, established in 1969. ASE is focussing on integrated food security projects.
05.02.2006
Since 1969, ASE has made quite a number of reorientations in development and working approaches in response to changing circumstances. It started with farmers Correspondence Education Program, which was reoriented later into Face-to-Face Training, and then to Action Oriented Training Program.
Between 1987 and 2000, it changed its attention to a wider perspective; Integrated Rural Development Projects.
Integrated food security projects
Since 2000 it has been focusing more narrowly on integrated food security projects in food insecure districts. Through out its 36 years of existence, ASE has been and will remain a learning organization.
Some of the lessons learnt are:
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The value of working through and developing community based institutions (CBIs), which ensures the participation of the rural poor and the sustainability of the projects after phase out
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The value of participation of the rural poor in research exercises
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Promotion of local level seed supply systems, organic farming, drip and other small-scale irrigation, vegetable and fruit production, integrated soil and water conservation, etc.
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Mobilization of local resources in provision of social infrastructure and facilities.