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ETHIOPIA 2017. Promoting Alternatives to Migration for Ethiopian Rural Youth

October 2017. Ethiopia. Each year, rural areas lose a promising share of their workforce, as youth leave their homes and migrate to cities or move abroad in search of a better future. The risks, unknown. The distress induced by poverty and a lack of employment opportunities push many youth around the world to search for jobs elsewhere. By addressing the links between distress migration and rural development, FAO is making a difference in Ethiopia.

Duration 7m52s

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Video Type Video News Release (VNR)

Date 10/02/2017

File size 303.55 MB

Unique ID UF2T4D

All editorial uses permitted

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Shotlist 1. Bus on a country road

2. Night shot with bus and full moon

3. Detail of young person’s hands

4. Various of young people

5. Landscape Amhara region with cattle grazing

6. Long shot of man walking away on a dirt road

7. Livestock market

8. Detail of two young people shaking hands

9. Members of Sheep rearing project talking together in front of sheep shed

10. Various of sheep

11. Horticulture scenes

12. Chicken production site

13. SOT Demeke Atlaw – FAO National Project Coordinator (English): We can minimize unemployment. We can also minimize the negative impact of migration itself. Then the economic development as a whole will be improved and the people can live well, if we act together.

14. GV landscape Amhara region

15. GV landscape Oromia region

16. Sheep outside shed in Oromia region

17. Sheep vaccination

18. SOT Fatuma Adem Abdulahi – Beneficiary of Sheep Rearing project (Oromo): 1. On my shift day I look after the sheep 2. I properly prepare and provide feed. 3. We sell the sheep selectively and save the money in the bank. 4. We gradually grow through this FAO project.

19. Sheep grazing

20. SOT Riad Hussein – Beneficiary of Sheep Rearing project (Oromo): My parents are happy for doing the work. They say as a family the project also benefits them indirectly.

21. Horticulture scenes in Amhara region / various

22. SOT Ayshayusuf Sied – Beneficiary of Horticulture project (Amharic): 1. Our vegetable gardening is doing well. We expect to harvest and sell for 70 – 80 000 Birr (3.4 USD). 2. I migrated because of poverty and lack of opportunities at home. 3. I am happy to be in my country now. I can work and improve my life here.

23. Horticulture scenes

24. SOT Jawar Seid - Beneficiary of Horticulture project (Amharic): 1. We will create market link with local demand. We expect to sell our vegetable produces to local college and university. 2. If the support expands and young people have options, I think distress migration will end in this country.

25. Chicken production site in Amhara region / various

26. SOT Amiat Ahmed – Beneficiary of Chicken production project (Amharic): 1. I like to care for the chickens. I see my future success in these chickens. 2. When they grow we sell them for income. 3. Locally I share experiences to local young girls through an NGO project about the challenges of illegal migration.

27. Animal fattening site in Amhara region / various

28. SOT Riad Hussein – Beneficiary of Animal Fattening project (Amharic): This project at least saved 12 young people from migrating to another country. What I do with the money…I will start keeping chickens at home. My wife will look after this. It will be additional income for my family.

29. Riad with cattle drinkoing at a pond / various

30. SOT Wondwossen Desalew – Head of Agriculture Office, Kalu district, Amhara region (Amharic): Since young people migrate because of poverty at home, in order to reduce distress migration, we need to develop a rural economy to ensure stable living conditions for young people and their communities.

31. Various of sheep

32. Various of Jawar Seid with his family

33. Various of Amiat Ahmed with her child

34. Various of Riad Hussein with his family

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Script Each year, rural areas lose a promising share of their workforce, as youth leave their homes and migrate to cities or move abroad in search of a better future. The risks, unknown. The distress induced by poverty and a lack of employment opportunities push many youth around the world to search for jobs elsewhere. By addressing the links between distress migration and rural development, FAO is making a difference in Ethiopia. A project on youth mobility, food security and rural poverty reduction - in collaboration with the government and rural stakeholders - is striving to reduce the number of people migrating from rural areas out of distress.

Total Number of Migrants: 12,115,263

National Youth Out Migration Rate: 15%

With funding from the Italian Development Cooperation, the project was launched in 2015 to provide motivated youth in regions of high distress migration with profitable alternatives. The aim is to promote innovative pathways for youth employment and entrepreneurship in rural areas -and the impact is already being felt.

Over 350 youth in Ethiopia have now received the necessary training and equipment to launch a local agricultural activity. Animal fattening, sheep and goat rearing, dairy, poultry and egg production, beekeeping, as well as horticulture and fishing, are amongst the initiatives aimed at turning potential migrants into successful entrepreneurs. The pilot initiatives involve 152 youth in 11 groups in the Amhara region and 200 youth in 20 groups in the Oromia region.

FAO also works with the Government to ensure safe mobility, by increasing incentives for regular and orderly migration.

Creating rural employment opportunities is benefitting both participants and their families.

By promoting agricultural enterprises in migration-prone areas, young entrepreneurs are given the choice to remain in their communities.

For more information: http://www.fao.org/rural-employment/work-areas/migration/rym-project/en/

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