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6. Farm Africa has been running in Ethiopia since when?

  • 1978
  • 1998
  • 2008
  • 1988
  • 1968

7. FARM-Africa runs four projects in Ethiopia. What is the name of the project that helps provide opportunities for Ethiopian women to make money?

  • Comunity Development Project
  • Rural Women
  • Prosopis Management
  • Sustainable Forest Management

8. FARM-Africa attempt to reach this aim in many ways. Which of these is not a correct way in which they do this?

  • Loan Schemes have been set up to help women launch small businesses such as bakeries and coffee shops.
  • Women have been replacing men as farmers
  • Women are give training and livestock to start farming
  • Women have been given legal training to advise other women of their rights

9. In what region is this project active?

  • Bale
  • Various
  • Semu Robi
  • Afar

10. Approximately how many people does this project help?

  • 12 580
  • 13 930
  • 15 160
  • 11 530
  • 14 320

11. This is sustainable as once the businesses are set up they will continue to make money, meaning money will be available as a future resource.

  • True
  • False

12. What is the name of the project that aims to utilise and manage a common weed?

  • Sustainable Forest Management
  • Rural Women
  • Prosopis Management
  • Comunity Development Project

13. What is Prosopis?

  • An insect that like locusts, travels in swarms, destroying crops as they go
  • A weed that was introduced by the government to stabilise soils that has now become a pest, invading grazing land and making farming difficult
  • A bird that is commonly found feeding on farmers seeds, reducing crop yields

14. How is this problem alleviated?

  • Farmers are shown how to convert Prosopis into animal feed which can then be sold, generating a new source of income
  • Farmers are shown how to convert Prosopis into food which can then be sold, generating a new source of income

15. How many people does this project help?

  • Around 4400 households
  • Around 5500 households
  • Around 4400 people
  • Around 5500 people

16. Once the farmers have been taught the new technique they'll be able to carry on using it. This means money will be available as a future resource.

  • True
  • False

17. What is the name of the project that enables farmers to protect their crops or livestock from the frequent droughts?

  • Prosopis Management
  • Rural Women
  • Comunity Development Project
  • Sustainable Forest Management

18. Which of the below is not a reason that the frequent droughts are an issue?

  • They encourage pests
  • They make farming difficult, which can indirectly lead to malnutrition
  • Semu Robi is a remote region, so getting veterinary care for livestock is difficult

19. In what region is this project active?

  • Afar
  • Bale
  • Semu Robi
  • Various

20. Which of the below is not a way in which this problem is alleviated?

  • Farmers are given large water buts that enable them to store reserve water supplies
  • People are given loans to buy small water pumps to irrigate their farmland, reducing the affects of drought in crops
  • People are trained in basic veterinary so they can keep livestock heathy