Young Ethiopian farmer empowers communities and promotes sustainable agriculture through social media
Meet Yoseph, a visionary farmer using social media to train a new generation of farmers in cattle and feed management, while also transforming cow waste into organic fertiliser. Discover how he plans to collaborate with USAID to enhance food security in Ethiopia
Entrepreneur Eskender Yoseph poses with a few of his dairy cows as they eat high-protein alfalfa, grown and cut on the farm. / Zacharias Abubeker for USAID
A TEMPERATE climate and fertile soil make the shores of Lake Hawassa in Ethiopia ideal for raising cattle and growing animal feed.
Yet for small-scale farmers near the lake, 300 kilometres south of Addis Ababa, producing a large enough supply of safe milk to consistently earn a profit isn’t easy.
‘The biggest challenge ahead is keeping up with farming technology,’ said Eskender Yoseph, one of more than three dozen farmers in Ethiopia who gained access to farming technology through a partnership with the US Agency for International Development (USAID). ‘We need a lot of innovation to keep pace and maintain the quality of our farm products.’ Increasing productivity
In 2018, USAID outreach, conducted through its Feed the Future Value Chain Activity, found farmers in Hawassa who were willing to train and lead others on how to use new technologies.
In 2021, USAID provided Yoseph’s Anan Dairy farm two portable milking machines. The machines reduce milking time from 10 minutes to three minutes, while ensuring safe and hygienic milk.
The technology helped Yoseph increase productivity, and he trained other farmers in the region on how to use the equipment. USAID later donated milking machines to 31 other farmers in the region.
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