The Contribution Of Community Development Interventions Towards Food Security The Case Of Adami Tulu-jido District 0f East Shewa Zone Oro Mia Region

Ethiopia is one of the least developing countries in the world. Despite its immensernpotential for rapid agricultural development, the country couldn't feed its everrnincreasing population as a result of recurrent drought, land degradation, unsuitablernpolicy environment of the past ,poor transport and infrastructure ,and low level ofrneconomical advancement in the agricultural sector. To ameliorate this deep rootedrnproblems Ethiopia prepared its Interim poverty Reduction Strategy paper (IPRSP) inrnNovember 2000 in which its core objective is to reduce poverty and ensure food securityrnthrough rapid economic growth, which is expected to be achieved via free marketrneconomic system .Since the coming to power in June 1991,the country has movedrngradually towards national food self-sufficiency .However ,both chronic and transitoryrnproblems offood insecurity are sever in many parts of the country in general and thernarea under study in particular. Despite visible achievements of the project, somernfailures are observed in EU financed project interventions in the study area. Suchrnfailures are observed on targeting of the poor, project supervision, water supply andrnemployment generation scheme. Nevertheless, if the comparison has to be madernbetween the before and after project sitl/ation, the con elusion would be thatrnimplemented projects have brought about some improvements through differentrncomponents of the intervention towards food security

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