STAKEHOLDERS. Ethiopia’s umbrella organization for foreign development cooperation is the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MoFEC), with whom the MoU is signed for all projects supported by the CzDA. The primary stakeholders are local authorities of Regional, Zonal, and Woreda level Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Bureaus. The representatives of the inhabitants in the smallest administrative units (cabinets of Xxxxxxx) are also very important stakeholders with a deep understanding of the local practices and knowledge of the various socio-economic activities in their respective constituencies. Apart from the direct end-users (e.g. local communities, Woredas, Xxxxxxx), key stakeholders will be Federal Authorities and Universities that will identify the resources and ways of utilizing the resources in an optimum way. Such institutes will aid by providing the scientific and technical know- how as well as regulatory and statutory frameworks for the implementation in future expansion, and initial project implementation in the natural resource management related to sustainable agricultural practices. The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute ( ATI), which is a section within the Ministry of Agriculture, is designated to fast-track change. ATI directly reports to the prime minister. Its mandate is to rapidly improve the agriculture sector by ensuring that efforts are aligned, activities are coordinated, and an enabling environment is created for farmers to benefit from adopting proven technologies.
